skirr

skirr

verb \ˈskər, ˈskir\

Definition of SKIRR

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 — Shakespeare>

2

: to pass rapidly over : skim

Examples of SKIRR

1. <the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations>

Origin of SKIRR

perhaps alteration of ³scour

First Known Use: circa 1548

Related to SKIRR

Synonyms: hunt, probe, prospect, search, explore

Related Words: reconnoiter (or reconnoitre), scout; disclose, discover, reveal, unearth; fathom, plumb, sound

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Rhymes with SKIRR

beer, bier, blear, cere, cheer, clear, dear, deer, Deere, drear, ear, fear, fere, fleer, gear, hear, here, jeer, leer, mere, mir, near, peer, pier, Pierre, queer, rear, schmear, sear, seer, sere, shear, sheer, smear, sneer, spear, speer, sphere, steer, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, weir, year