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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
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Origin of SKIRR

perhaps alteration of 3scour
First Known Use: circa 1548

Related to SKIRR

Synonyms
hunt, probe, prospect, search, explore

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

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