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• skirt — skirt1 [skə:t US skə:rt] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: skyrta shirt ] 1.) a piece of outer clothing worn by women and girls, which hangs down from the waist like the bottom part of a dress ▪ She wore a white blouse and a plain black… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• short — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of a small length or duration. 2) relatively small in extent. 3) (of a person) small in height. 4) (short of/on) not having enough of. 5) in insufficient supply. 6) (of a person) terse; uncivil. 7) …   English terms dictionary

• Short-tail stingray — Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Skirt — For the cut of beef, see skirt steak. Polka dot skirt on a hanger. A skirt is a tube or cone shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs. In the western world, skirts are usually considered women s clothing.… …   Wikipedia

• Short Skirt/Long Jacket — Infobox Single Name = Short Skirt/Long Jacket Artist = Cake from Album = Comfort Eagle Released = 2001 Format = CD Recorded = 2000 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 3:24 Label = Columbia Records Producer = Chart position = Last single = Sheep Go… …   Wikipedia

• skirt — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ She was wearing a short denim skirt. ▪ ankle length, calf length, knee length ▪ tight …   Collocations dictionary

• skirt —   Palekoki.   Also: pālaulau, pā ū.    ♦ Short skirt, palekoki ekeke i.    ♦ Long skirt, palekoki lō ihi.    ♦ Dancing skirt, pā ū hula.    ♦ Ti leaf skirt, pā ū lā ī.    ♦ Skirt festooned with leaves or ferns, pā ū heihei.    ♦ Full skirt, ākea… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• short — [OE] Etymologically, something that is short has been ‘cut off’. The word’s immediate Germanic ancestor was *skurtaz, which was descended from an extension of the Indo European base *sker ‘cut’ (source also of English score, share, shear, etc).… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• short — [OE] Etymologically, something that is short has been ‘cut off’. The word’s immediate Germanic ancestor was *skurtaz, which was descended from an extension of the Indo European base *sker ‘cut’ (source also of English score, share, shear, etc).… …   Word origins

• skirt — [13] Essentially skirt is the same word as shirt. It was borrowed from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic source as English shirt, and likewise meant etymologically ‘short garment’. It is not clear why English …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• skirt — [13] Essentially skirt is the same word as shirt. It was borrowed from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic source as English shirt, and likewise meant etymologically ‘short garment’. It is not clear why English …   Word origins