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Definition of skirr in English: skirrverb skəːskər rare no object, with adverbial of direction Move rapidly, especially with a whirring sound. 〈罕〉嗖的一声快速移动 five dark birds rose skirring away 五只黑鸟嗖的一声起飞了。 Example sentencesExamples - Only two days on the job, but 18-year-old Talia already knows the drill as her green mountain bike skirrs over potholes in turbid laneways.
- His chuckle was as affable and reassuring as the skirr of a buzz-saw.
- Whereupon, a spandrel skirrs, having put the ‘maze’ in paronomasia.
Synonyms dash, dart, run, sprint, race, rush, hurry, hasten, hare, hurtle, bolt, shoot, charge, career, speed, fly, whizz, zoom
OriginMid 16th century: perhaps related to scour1 or scour2. Rhymesà deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr Definition of skirr in US English: skirrverbskər rare no object, with adverbial of direction Move rapidly, especially with a whirring sound. 〈罕〉嗖的一声快速移动 five dark birds rose skirring away 五只黑鸟嗖的一声起飞了。 Example sentencesExamples - His chuckle was as affable and reassuring as the skirr of a buzz-saw.
- Only two days on the job, but 18-year-old Talia already knows the drill as her green mountain bike skirrs over potholes in turbid laneways.
- Whereupon, a spandrel skirrs, having put the ‘maze’ in paronomasia.
Synonyms dash, dart, run, sprint, race, rush, hurry, hasten, hare, hurtle, bolt, shoot, charge, career, speed, fly, whizz, zoom
OriginMid 16th century: perhaps related to scour or scour. |