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Meaning of "skirr" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SKIRR

Variant of scour².
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SKIRR

skirr  [skɜː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKIRR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Skirr is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb skirr in English.

WHAT DOES SKIRR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of skirr in the English dictionary

The first definition of skirr in the dictionary is to move, run, or fly rapidly. Other definition of skirr is (transitive) (archaic (or literary) to move rapidly over (an area, etc), esp in order to find or apprehend. Skirr is also a whirring or grating sound, as of the wings of birds in flight.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SKIRR

PRESENT

Present
I skirr
you skirr
he/she/it skirrs
we skirr
you skirr
they skirr
Present continuous
I am skirring
you are skirring
he/she/it is skirring
we are skirring
you are skirring
they are skirring
Present perfect
I have skirred
you have skirred
he/she/it has skirred
we have skirred
you have skirred
they have skirred
Present perfect continuous
I have been skirring
you have been skirring
he/she/it has been skirring
we have been skirring
you have been skirring
they have been skirring
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I skirred
you skirred
he/she/it skirred
we skirred
you skirred
they skirred
Past continuous
I was skirring
you were skirring
he/she/it was skirring
we were skirring
you were skirring
they were skirring
Past perfect
I had skirred
you had skirred
he/she/it had skirred
we had skirred
you had skirred
they had skirred
Past perfect continuous
I had been skirring
you had been skirring
he/she/it had been skirring
we had been skirring
you had been skirring
they had been skirring
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will skirr
you will skirr
he/she/it will skirr
we will skirr
you will skirr
they will skirr
Future continuous
I will be skirring
you will be skirring
he/she/it will be skirring
we will be skirring
you will be skirring
they will be skirring
Future perfect
I will have skirred
you will have skirred
he/she/it will have skirred
we will have skirred
you will have skirred
they will have skirred
Future perfect continuous
I will have been skirring
you will have been skirring
he/she/it will have been skirring
we will have been skirring
you will have been skirring
they will have been skirring
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would skirr
you would skirr
he/she/it would skirr
we would skirr
you would skirr
they would skirr
Conditional continuous
I would be skirring
you would be skirring
he/she/it would be skirring
we would be skirring
you would be skirring
they would be skirring
Conditional perfect
I would have skirr
you would have skirr
he/she/it would have skirr
we would have skirr
you would have skirr
they would have skirr
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been skirring
you would have been skirring
he/she/it would have been skirring
we would have been skirring
you would have been skirring
they would have been skirring
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you skirr
we let´s skirr
you skirr
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to skirr
Past participle
skirred
Present Participle
skirring
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SKIRR


claqueur
klæˈkɜː
co-occur
ˌkəʊəˈkɜː
Coeur
kɜː
concur
kənˈkɜː
cur
kɜː
curr
kɜː
incur
ɪnˈkɜː
Kerr
kɜː
kir
kɜː
nonconcur
ˌnɒnkənˈkɜː
occur
əˈkɜː
recur
rɪˈkɜː
reincur
ˌriːɪnˈkɜː
reoccur
ˌriːəˈkɜː
scur
skɜː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKIRR

skippet
skipping
skipping-rope
skippingly
skippy
Skipton
skirl
skirmish
skirmisher
skirret
skirt
skirt length
skirt-chaser
skirted
skirter
skirting
skirting board
skirtings
skirtless
skirtlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKIRR

birr
brrr
burr
carr
chirr
De La Warr
err
girr
Herr
murr
Orr
parr
purr
shirr
smirr
Starr
tirr
torr
whirr
yirr

Synonyms and antonyms of skirr in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «skirr» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKIRR

Find out the translation of skirr to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skirr from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skirr» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轰轰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

skirr
570 millions of speakers

English

skirr
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

skirr
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

skirr
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

skirr
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

skirr
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কড়্কড়্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

skirr
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skirr
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

skirr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

飛んでいく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

skirr
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skirr
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

skirr
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேகமாகப் போ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कीर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

skirr
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

skirr
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skirr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

skirr
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

skirr
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

skirr
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skirr
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skirr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skirr
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skirr

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIRR»

The term «skirr» is normally little used and occupies the 131.468 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIRR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about skirr

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKIRR»

Discover the use of skirr in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skirr and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Skirr
"SKIRR is an animated graduate thesis that showcases 6 different environments and the life within them.
Melissa Tierney, 2012
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Pieces of a broken-down critic picked up by himself [C.A. ...
Obedient to his calling Swift, swift the train comes, closely on Behind his horse- hoofs falling; And faster faster, skirr, skirr, skirr! Away at whirlwind speed they spur. Pant horse and rider dashing Mid sparks and pebbles flashing. How fast on right ...
Charles Astor Bristed, 1859
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The Yale literary magazine
His fair one robed her straight and sprung Upon the steed behind him ; To the dear rider close she clung, Her snow-white arms entwin'd him ; And hurry, hurry — skirr, skirr, skirr ! Away at whirlwind speed they spur. Rider and horse pant, ...
Yale University, Yale Literary Society, 1840
4
A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
To Skirr. To run swiftly, in various directions; perhaps from scorrere, Italian, or discurrere, Latin. Either of these derivations at least is preferable to the Saxon and Greek etymologies offered by Johnson. We now say to scour, in the same sense ...
Robert Nares, 1822
5
Lit
His lair one robed her straight and sprung Upon the steed behind him ; To the dear rider close she clung, Her snow-white arms entwin'd him; And hurry, hurry— skirr, skirr, skirr! Away at whirlwind speed they spur. Rider and horse pant, ...
‎1840
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
Send out more horses, skirr the country round 0 ; Hang those that talk of fear1. — Give me mine armour. — How does your patient, doctor ? Doct. Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her 2 from her rest.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
7
The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Twelfth night. ...
Send out more horses, skirr the country round ° ; Hang those that talk of fear '. — Give me mine armour. — How does your patient, doctor ? Doer. Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her 2 from her rest.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Nicholas Rowe, 1821
8
The Plays of William Shakespeare
Send out more horses. skirr the country round; Hang those that talk of fear—Give me mine armour.— How does your patient, doctor? Doc. Not so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest. Marb.
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, 1813
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Subculture
Skirr was forced to ditch here when the control systems in his capsule failed. By great fortune, we found him before the humans did, but how exactly would you hide a creature like this? Bernhard may be trapped in a body that's rapidly aging,  ...
Warren Hargodd, 2010
10
Macbeth. A tragedy ... Sprachlich und sachlich erläutert für ...
Send out more horses, skirr“) the'country round; Hang those that talk of fear! — Give me mine armour! -— How does your patient, doctor'i Door. Not so sick, my lord, [As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest.
William Shakespeare, Carl Ludwig Wilhelm FRANCKE, 1833

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKIRR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skirr is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ai đã mua gần 50% cổ phần Taxi Gas Sài Gòn Petrolimex?
Bản thân ông Kakazu Shogo tại ĐHĐCĐ thường niên năm 2014 đã “bất ngờ” tới tham dự với tư cách đại diện Skirr Japan Co.Ltd, đưa ra lời đề nghị chào mua ... «NDH, Jun 15»
2
Stirr Japan in talks to acquire 51% of Vietnam's Petrolimex Taxi
So the combination of Skirr Japan and us would create lots of opportunities to expand to another vertical, especially targeting the Japanese market.” In addition ... «DEALSTREETASIA, Jun 15»
3
STT sẽ có Tổng giám đốc mới người Nhật
... đông Nhật Bản chiếm 5,12%, Tổng giám đốc mới của STT có thể sẽ là ông Kakazu Shogo. Ông Kakazu Shogo hiện đang là CEO của Công ty Skirr Japan Co. «tinnhanhchungkhoan, Sep 14»
4
Dubai: Pearl of the Desert
It is easy to assume you are on the set of Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic Blade Runner as you watch the sky metro skirr above the freeways and alongside the ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
5
Ca$h Out “Take This Pain Away”
Ca$h Out - Who Can I Trust [Prod. By BeatMonster] (3:29)04. Ca$h Out - Pull Up (Feat. Rich Homie Quan) [Prod. By Dun Deal] (3:10)05. Ca$h Out - Skirr [Prod. «AllHipHop, Jul 14»
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STT: Chủ tịch HĐQT nghỉ hưu tính bán hàng loạt tài sản lớn
Với tình hình kinh doanh khó khăn, trước ĐHCĐ năm 2013, HĐQT đã thống nhất chọn Công ty Skirr Japan là đối tác chiến lược bán cổ phần tăng vốn điều lệ ... «tinnhanhchungkhoan, Jul 14»
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Skirr Japan muốn mua 51% vốn PGT
(ĐTCK) Skirr Japan Co.Ltd vừa công bố mong muốn nắm giữ tối thiểu 51% vốn tại CTCP Taxi Gas Sài Gòn Petrolimex (PGT) để nắm quyền điều hành Công ty. «tinnhanhchungkhoan, May 14»
8
Mixtape Saturday: Ca$h Out, Ibn Inglor, RJ
He peppers "One Call Away" with Nextel chirps and "Skirr" with skrrrts that sound like puppies. If anything here has the potential to rival the ubiquity of "Cashin ... «The FADER, Sep 13»
9
Ca$h Out - Ya Feel Me? [New Mixtape]
Rich Homie Quan (Prod By Dun Deal). 05. Skirr (Prod By Metro Boomin DJ Spinz) Skirr (Prod By Metro Boomin DJ Spinz)Skirr (Prod By Metro Boomin DJ Spinz). «HotNewHipHop, Sep 13»
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Listen: Ca$h Out Drops 'Ya Feel Me?' Mixtape
Ca$h Out – Skirr [Prod. By Metro Boomin & DJ Spinz] 6. Ca$h Out – 4 Sho [Prod. By DJ Spinz] 7. Ca$h Out – One Call Away [Prod. By Metro Boomin & DJ Spinz] «Vibe, Sep 13»

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