skirt

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymshedgefudgeevadeput offcircumventparryeludedodgeducksidestep

   Broaderavoid

   Narrowerbegquibble
2. 2.

   pass around or about; move along the border

   “The boat skirted the coast”

   Broadertravel by
3. 3.

   form the edge of

   Broaderbound
4. 4.

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   “The forest surrounds my property”

   Synonymssurroundenvironringborder

   Broadertouch

   Narrowerfringegirdlecloisterenclosehem in

Other forms of skirt

plural

skirts·

past tense

skirted·

present participle

skirting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about skirt

What does skirt mean?

skirt means "cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skirt?

skirt has 1 syllable: skirt. In IPA it is /ˈskɝt/.

What is another word for skirt?

Close synonyms include annulus, dame, doll, wench, chick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skirt a common word?

skirt is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with skirt?

2 words rhyme with skirt. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.