skirr

verb

ˈskər 

ˈskir

skirred; skirring; skirrs

intransitive verb

1

: to leave hastily : flee

Birds skirred off from the bushes …

—D. H. Lawrence

2

: to run, fly, sail, or move along rapidly

transitive verb

1

: to search about in

… skirr the country round …

—William Shakespeare

2

: to pass rapidly over : skim

Synonyms of skirr

• explore
• search
• prospect

Examples of skirr in a Sentence

the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations

Word History

Etymology

perhaps alteration of scour entry 3

First Known Use

circa 1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for skirr

• birr
• blur
• bur
• cur
• er
• fir
• fur
• furr
• gurr
• her
• murr
• myrrh