skirt
noun
[ skəːt ]
• a garment fastened around the waist and hanging down around the legs, worn by women and girls.
• a surface that conceals or protects the wheels or underside of a vehicle or aircraft.
• an animal's diaphragm and other membranes as food.
• "bits of beef skirt"
• women regarded as objects of sexual desire.
• a small flap on a saddle, covering the bar from which the stirrup leather hangs.
skirt
verb
• go round or past the edge of.
• "he did not go through the city but skirted it"
• attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with.
• "they are both skirting the issue"
Similar:
avoid,
evade,
steer clear of,
sidestep,
dodge,
circumvent,
bypass,
pass over,
fight shy of,
ignore,
overlook,
gloss over,
fail to mention,
duck,
duck-shove,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’; compare with synonymous Old English scyrte, also with short. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
