ADJ
ankle-length, long | short | knee-length | tight
circular, flared, full, gathered, voluminous
The dancer wore a full skirt that swirled around her as she spun.
pencil, straight | pleated, wrap-around
VERB + SKIRT
hitch up, lift, pull up | pull down | tuck up
smooth (down)
He smoothed down his daughter's skirt before she walked onto the stage.
straighten | ruck up
SKIRT + VERB
billow, swirl
The dancer's long skirt swirled dramatically as she spun across the stage.
ride up
When she bent over to pick up the box, her skirt rode up and she quickly smoothed it down.
SKIRT + NOUN
length
noun
A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
"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—"
A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
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.
“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
A narrow lace, or a small skirt of fine ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
A petticoat.
A woman.
"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--"
But I tell ya, I can't help but like a guy who wants to rescue some skirt he fell for.
verb
To be on or form the border of.
The plain was skirted by rows of trees.
The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
skirt a mountain
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.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold
To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
Near-synonym: circumvent
skirt the issue
noun — (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushroo
verb — avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (
A man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship.
Heaven Can Wait (20th Century-Fox) is a lengthy but frequently funny life history of an old New York skirt chaser (Don Ameche) from his brownstone puberty to his overripe old age.
Alternative spelling of lightskirt.
Paul would never be free of the sorrow of his first love, try as he might to satisfy himself with light skirt after light skirt.
"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
WiktionaryThe 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.
Wiktionary“It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!” Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The ot
WiktionaryThe plain was skirted by rows of trees.
WiktionaryThe lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts o
WiktionaryThe railway, which is single track throughout, skirts the left bank of the estuary of the River Colne, and was washed out over a length of about three miles.
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In some senses, skirt is marked as derogatory, slang, figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.