Skirt

Noun

 * 1) An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
 * 2) * c. 1907, The Purple Dress:
 * "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"
 * 1) The part of a dress or robe that hangs below the waist.
 * 2) * 1885,, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice, Chapter XI:
 * The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.
 * 1)  A woman.
 * 2) * 1931,, Alleys of Peril:
 * "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt."
 * "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle.
 * "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--"
 * 1) A part that serves as a border or edging.

Derived terms

 * miniskirt
 * prairie skirt
 * rah-rah skirt
 * skirt chaser


 * skirted
 * skirtless
 * unskirted

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) * 1922,,  Chapter 1
 * An enormous man and woman (it was early-closing day) were stretched motionless, with their heads on pocket-handkerchiefs, side by side, within a few feet of the sea, while two or three gulls gracefully skirted the incoming waves, and settled near their boots.

Related terms

 * skirting-board
 * outskirt

Thesaurus
Jane, Mother Hubbard, adjoin, babe, baby, ballet skirt, bank, befringe, beg, biddy, bind, bird, bitch, board, border, bordure, bound, boundaries, bounds, bourns, brim, brink, broad, brow, brush, brush by, burke, bypass, caress, cheongsam, chick, chiton, circle, circuit, circuiteer, circulate, circumambulate, circumference, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumscription, circumvent, close the circle, coast, cocktail dress, colleen, come full circle, come in contact, compass, confines, contact, coordinates, crinoline, culottes, cutie, cycle, dame, damoiselle, damsel, define, demoiselle, describe a circle, detour, dirndl, ditch, dodge, doll, double, dress, dresses, duck, edge, edges, elude, encircle, encompass, enframe, escape, evade, featheredge, filly, flange, flank, frail, frame, fringe, fringes, frock, full skirt, gal, get around, get away from, get out of, girdle, girdle the globe, girl, girlie, glance, go about, go around, go round, go the round, gown, grass skirt, graze, gyre, hedge, heifer, hem, hen, hit, hobble skirt, hoyden, ignore, impinge, jeune fille, jill, jumper, junior miss, jupe, kilt, kirtle, kiss, labellum, labium, labrum, lap, lass, lassie, ledge, limb, limbus, limitations, limits, line, lip, list, little missy, mademoiselle, maid, maiden, make a circuit, mantua, march, marches, marge, margin, marginate, maxiskirt, metes, metes and bounds, microskirt, midiskirt, miniskirt, minx, miss, missy, muu-muu, nudge, nymphet, orbit, osculate, outlines, outskirts, overdress, pale, pannier, parameters, peplum, perimeter, periphery, petticoat, piece, pinafore, purfle, purl, ragged edge, revolve, rim, romp, round, rub, sack, sari, sarong, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss, scrape, selvage, set off, shake, shake off, shave, sheath, shirtdress, shore, shuffle out of, side, sideline, sidestep, sideswipe, skim, skip, skirting, skirts, slip, slit skirt, spiral, squeak by, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen, subteener, surround, tea gown, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, touch, trim, tutu, verge, verges, virgin, wench, wheel, young creature, young thing

Etymology
From skyrta:, from. Compare shirt:.

Noun

 * Arabic: تنورة
 * Belarusian: спадніца
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: skjúrt
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: saia
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: स्कर्ट
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: スカート
 * Korean: 치마
 * Luxembourgish: Jupe, Rack (Rack is the wrong word sometimes employed to say skirt, but it means dress)


 * Macedonian: здолниште, здолница , сукња
 * Maltese: dublett
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: skjørt
 * Old English: scyrte
 * Persian: دامن, دامن دوخت
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: сукња
 * Roman: suknja
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: falda, enaguas , pollera  , saya
 * Swedish:
 * Taos: yúwolaną
 * Telugu: పరికిణి (parikiNi)
 * Thai: กระโปรง
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: спідниця
 * Urdu: سکرٹ
 * Vietnamese: váy
 * Volapük: juüp


 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: gonna
 * Italian:
 * Luxembourgish: Jupe, Rack (Rack is the wrong word sometimes employed to say skirt, but it means dress)


 * Maltese: dublett
 * Norwegian: skjørt
 * Old English: læppa
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: falda, enaguas , pollera  , saya
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: juüp


 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: Rock, Schurz ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: фуста
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ženská
 * Finnish:
 * German: Rock, Weiberrock
 * Greek: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: жена
 * Roman: žena
 * Swedish: kjoltyg


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Afrikaans: rok
 * Albanian: fund
 * Arabic:
 * Azeri: yubka
 * Basque: gona
 * Bulgarian: пола (pola)
 * Catalan: faldilla
 * Estonian: seelik
 * Faroese: skjúrt
 * West Frisian: jûpe
 * Galician: iochdar
 * Georgian: ქვედაკაბა (k’vedakaba)
 * Greek: φούστα (phoústa)
 * Hebrew: עָקַף
 * Hindi: स्कर्ट (skart.a)
 * Indonesian: rok
 * Irish: sciorta


 * Latvian: stērbele
 * Lithuanian: sijonas
 * Mongolian: банзал (banzal)
 * Norwegian: skjørt
 * Papiamentu: saya
 * Persian:
 * Romanian: pulpană
 * Slovak: bočnica
 * Swahili: skati ( nc 9/10)
 * Tagalog: saya
 * Thai: (grà-bpronge)
 * Turkish: etek
 * Ukrainian: спідниця (spidnýcja)
 * Vietnamese: vạt áo
 * Welsh: sgert
 * Yiddish: קליידל (kleidel)
 * Zulu: ingubo

Verb

 * Bosnian: graničiti se
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: umgehen, umrunden
 * Interlingua: costear, contornar


 * Portuguese: rodear, contornar
 * Russian: ограничивать
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: граничити се
 * Roman: graničiti se


 * Bosnian: omeđiti, ići duž
 * Dutch: omzomen, omcirkelen
 * Esperanto: preteriri
 * German: säumen


 * Portuguese: beirar

Anagrams

 * stirk