skirt

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
2. (countable, uncountable) A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
3. (countable, uncountable) A loose edging to any part of a dress.
4. (countable, uncountable) A petticoat.
5. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A woman.
6. (UK, colloquial, uncountable) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
7. (UK, colloquial, uncountable) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
8. (countable, uncountable) A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
9. (countable, uncountable) A diaphragm, or midriff.

Verb

1. To be on or form the border of.
2. To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
3. To cover with a skirt; to surround.
4. (figuratively) To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).

Synonyms

dress

👗

go around

border

surround

bypass

petticoat

slip

annulus

put off

doll

edge

circle

⭕

kilt

chick

ring

💍

evade

circumvent

lap

bird

🐦

shirt

👕

hem of a garment

wench

walk along

smock

coat

🧥

sarong

bank

🏦

skate over

sidestep

dame

flap

avoid

margin

environ

jacket

loop

➿

rim

go round

duck

🦆

elude

hedge

dodge

apron

detour

fringe

parry

fudge

hem

destroyed

cycle

Translations

Rock

falda

jupe

gonna

saia

rok

φούστα

faldilla

gonnella

etek

vrouwenrok

تنورة

sottana

pollera

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɜːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: skyrte

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Skoarte

Cognate with Dutch: schort

Cognate with German: Schürze

Cognate with Danish: skørt

Cognate with Swedish: skört

Cognate with Norwegian: skjørt

In summary

From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).