skirt

Scrabble Points: | Base[9] | DW[18] | TW[27]
WWF Points: | Base[9] | DW[18] | TW[27]

1. The part of a garment, such as a dress or coat, that hangs freely from the waist down.

2. A garment hanging from the waist and worn by women and girls.

3. A part or attachment resembling the skirt of a garment, especially:

4. One of the leather flaps hanging from the side of a saddle.

5. The lower outer section of a rocket vehicle.

6. A flexible strip hanging from the base of an air-cushion vehicle.

7. A piece of fabric that extends over or beyond something to afford protection.

8. An outer edge; a border or margin: a base camp on the skirt of the mountain.

9. The edge, as of a town; the outskirts.

10. Offensive Slang A woman.

1. To lie along, move along, or be an edge or a border.

1. To lie along or form the edge of; border: the creek that skirts our property.

2. To pass around rather than across or through: changed their course to skirt the storm.

3. To pass close to; miss narrowly: The bullet skirted an artery.

4. To evade, as by circumlocution: skirted the controversial issue.

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