Definitions For Skirt

noun

  • A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
  • Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
  • Informal terms for a (young) woman
  • (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
  • A piece of clothing worn by women and girls that hangs from the waist down
  • The part of a dress, coat, etc., that hangs from the waist down
  • An outer covering that hangs down to protect something

verb

  • Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
  • Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
  • Pass around or about; move along the border
  • Form the edge of
  • To avoid (something) especially because it is difficult or will cause problems
  • To lie or go along the edge of (something)

Is Skirt a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
9

The word Skirt is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Skirt in a Sentence

  • She was wearing a short skirt.
  • The skirt of her coat got caught in the car door.
  • They put a protective skirt around the base of the machine.
  • The mayor skirted the issue by saying that a committee was looking into the problem.
  • They tried to skirt the new regulations.
  • He tried to skirt around the question.

Synonyms for Skirt

Antonyms for Skirt

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