Definition of skirts

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • skirts is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • skirts is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • skirts is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of skirts


  • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb)

    Examples

    1. she skirted the problem

    Synonyms

    1. circumvent
    2. dodge
    3. duck
    4. elude
    5. evade
    6. fudge
    7. hedge
    8. parry
    9. put off
    10. sidestep
  • extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. border
    2. environ
    3. ring
    4. surround
  • informal terms for a (young) woman (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bird
    2. chick
    3. dame
    4. doll
    5. wench
  • (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. annulus
  • a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women (noun)
  • cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist (noun)
  • form the edge of (verb)
  • pass around or about; move along the border (verb)

    Examples

    1. The boat skirted the coast

See definition of skirts in Merriam Webster