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skirr
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.
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]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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