1. The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down. 2. A garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls. 3. A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially: a. One of the leather flaps hanging from the side of a saddle. b. The lower outer section of a rocket vehicle. c. A flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle. d. A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection. 4. An outer edge; a border or margin: a base camp on the skirt of the mountain.5.skirts The edge, as of a town; the outskirts. 6.Offensive Slang A woman.
VERB:
Inflected forms: skirt·ed, skirt·ing, skirts
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To lie along or form the edge of; border: the creek that skirts our property.2. To pass around rather than across or through: changed their course to skirt the storm.3. To pass close to; miss narrowly: The bullet skirted an artery.4. To evade, as by circumlocution: skirted the controversial issue.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old Norse skyrta, shirt. See sker-1 in Appendix I.
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