skirt

English

/skɜːt/, /skɝt/

noun
Definitions
  • An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
  • The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
  • A loose edging to any part of a dress.
  • A petticoat.
  • (pejorative) A woman.
  • (UK) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
  • (UK) sexual Sexual intercourse with a woman.
  • Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
  • The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English skyrte derived from Old Norse skyrta (shirt) derived from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ (apron, a short garment) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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