skirr
verb
ˈskər 
ˈskir
skirred; skirring; skirrs
intransitive verb
1
: to leave hastily : flee
birds skirred off from the bushes
D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence2
: to run, fly, sail, or move along rapidly
transitive verb
1
: to search about in
skirr the country round William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare2
: to pass rapidly over : skim
Synonyms
- explore
- hunt
- probe
- prospect
- search
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Example Sentences
the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations
Word History
Etymology
perhaps alteration of scour entry 3
First Known Use
circa 1548, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
skirring
verb
as in searching
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- searching
- exploring
- hunting
- probing
- prospecting
- scouting
- discovering
- disclosing
- plumbing
- unearthing
- reconnoitring
- revealing
- reconnoitering
- sounding
- fathoming
- square stern
- square table
- square thread
- square up
- square up to
- square wave
- square weevil
- square wheel
- square with
- square yard
- square-backed fiddler
- square-dance
- square-dress
- square-drill
- square-headed
- square-jointed
- square-law
- square-lipped rhinoceros
- square-marked toad
- square-necked grain beetle
- square-rigged
- square-rigger
- square-riggers
- square-serif
- square-shouldered