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skirr definition

skirr (skʉr)

intransitive verb

to move, run, fly, etc. swiftly and, occas., with a whirring sound

Etymology: of echoic orig.

transitive verb

  1. to cover in searching; scour
  2. to throw and cause to skim

noun

a whirring sound

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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