SKIRT
What does "SKIRT" mean?
A garment hanging from the waist that covers the lower body without dividing the legs.
Meanings
- A woman's or girl's garment fastened at the waist and hanging down over the legs. She wore a pleated skirt to the recital.
- The lower part of a dress or coat that hangs below the waist. Mud stained the skirt of her gown.
- To go around or along the edge of something. The path skirts the lake before climbing into the hills.
- To avoid dealing with an issue or difficulty. The minister skirted every direct question. figurative
Did you know?
- 'Skirt' and 'shirt' are the same word twice over: both descend from one Germanic root, with the Norse form drifting to name the lower garment and the native English form the upper.
Word origin
From Old Norse 'skyrta', meaning a shirt or kirtle; it shares a root with English 'shirt', the two words diverging to cover upper and lower body.
Remember it
SKIRT and SHIRT differ by one letter and one half of the body - the K-version covers your lower half, the H-version your top.
A little poem
The trail rounds the cliff,
skirting the long fall it fears-
even paths sidestep.
haiku
Wordplay
- The politician's tailor said he was the easiest client: he could skirt any subject and still hem and haw.
What it teaches
You can skirt a question all day, but the question waits at the edge of every road you take.
Quick facts
What does SKIRT mean?
A garment hanging from the waist that covers the lower body without dividing the legs.
Is SKIRT a valid word?
Yes — SKIRT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SKIRT?
SKIRT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SKIRT come from?
From Old Norse 'skyrta', meaning a shirt or kirtle; it shares a root with English 'shirt', the two words diverging to cover upper and lower body.
What can SKIRT teach us?
You can skirt a question all day, but the question waits at the edge of every road you take.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.