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[skəːt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a garment that fastens around the waist and hangs down around the legs, worn especially by women and girls
(e.g: I was wearing a knit sweater with a long skirt)
- a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft
- an animal's diaphragm and other membranes as food
(e.g: bits of beef skirt)
- women collectively regarded as objects of sexual desire
- a small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th century
[skəːt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- go round or past the edge of
(e.g: he did not go through the city but skirted it)
- attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with
(e.g: they are both skirting the issue)
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th century
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