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skirt

/skɚt/noun, verb1 syllable

Skirt means: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).

Synonyms for skirt20

noun, as in informal terms for a (young) woman

dame, doll, wench, chick, bird

noun, as in (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

annulus

verb, as in avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, dodge, duck, sidestep

verb, as in extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

surround, environ, ring, border

What does skirt mean?8

verb

1

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)“He dodged the issue”

2

extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle“The forest surrounds my property”

3

pass around or about; move along the border“The boat skirted the coast”

4

form the edge of

noun

1

informal terms for a (young) woman

2

(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

3

cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

4

a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with skirt?17

one syllable

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Show 40 near rhymes
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Skirt in a sentence

  • When her skirt was lifted, her slip was visible.Luornu
  • Girls wearing mini-skirts, walking or sitting, are very effective eye-openers.Mar1L
  • At mosques, scarves, skirts and cardigans are offered for women to wear.Ooneykcall
  • Her skirt is so long as to reach the floor.unknown
  • Her skirt was a cheerful shade of bright green.unknown
  • She turned her old dress into a skirt.CK
  • She was in a green coat and matching mini-skirt.CM
  • This jacket somehow doesn't go with this skirt.unknown

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Forms of skirt

as a noun

plural
skirts

as a verb

past tense
skirted
present participle
skirting
third-person singular
skirts
past participle
skirted