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skirr
[
skur
]
skirr
/
skɜr
/
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skur
]
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verb (used without object)
1.
to go rapidly; fly; scurry.
verb (used with object)
2.
to go rapidly over.
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to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
chat, to converse
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to flee; abscond:
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noun
3.
a grating or whirring
sound
.
Origin:
1540–50;
variant of
scour
2
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skirr
(skɜː)
—
vb
1.
(
intr;
usually foll by
off, away,
etc
) to move, run, or fly rapidly
2.
archaic
,
literary
or
(
tr
) to move rapidly over (an area, etc), esp in order to find or apprehend
—
n
3.
a whirring or grating sound, as of the wings of birds in flight
[C16: variant of
scour
²]
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