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skirt
noun
- 1. A garment that hangs from the waist, worn chiefly by women and girls.
2. The part of a woman's dress, coat, gown, etc from the waist down.
3. Any part or attachment resembling a skirt.
4. The flap around the base of a hovercraft containing the air cushion. Also called apron.
5. A saddle-flap.
6. A cut of beef from the rear part of the belly; the midriff.
7a. slang
- A woman or women collectively;
- A woman regarded as an object of sexual desire.
- Form: a bit of skirt (also)
- 1. To border something.
2. To pass along or around the edge of something.
- Thesaurus: bypass, circle, circumambulate.
- Example: He's just skirting the issue
- Thesaurus: evade, avoid, bypass, circumvent, steer clear of.
4. To be on or pass along the border of something.
- Form: skirt along, around etc something (usually)
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