Skirt

Quick meaning: Skirt is a noun meaning 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.

Meaning

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.

More Meanings

1. A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
2. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
3. A petticoat.
4. (derogatory, slang) A woman.
5. (uncountable, UK, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
6. (uncountable, UK, colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
7. A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.

Example Sentences

here in the skirts of the forest, like fringe upon a petticoat.

But I tell ya, I can't help but like a guy who wants to rescue some skirt he fell for.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• skirts
• skirting
• skirted

Synonyms for skirt

Depending on context, synonyms include circumvent, elude, wench, dame, evade, border.

Related Words

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