Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: skirt
IPA transcription: [sk'ɝt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: skirt
    Meaning: cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
  • Synonyms: skirt
    Meaning: a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hedge, fudge, evade, put_off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
    Meaning: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
  • Synonyms: skirt
    Meaning: pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
Usage examples
  • "What you need now is a new skirt.
  • It's hard enough nowadays to keep body and skirt together.
  • He will wear my red skirt and blue waist and brown mantilla.
  • But the second woman caught hold of her skirt and began to speak earnestly.
  • Her dress was a purple slip just to her knees, with a big rent in the skirt.
  • She took her poppy-bordered skirt over her arm, and smiled her thankful way to bed.
  • In tam o'shanter and tweed skirt Carol felt herself a college junior going out to play hockey.
  • He had taken it up, and was stooping to work again, when his eyes caught the skirt of her dress.
  • Its wide skirt reached to my shoetops, and the gathers to its full waist were gauged to a sharp peak in front.
  • "My head and shoulders are quite dry and my skirt is only a little damp where the rain beat through the lathes.