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Shirking
- verb - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"
- avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
- the evasion of work or duty
Shirring
- verb - bake (eggs) in their shells until they are set; "shirr the eggs"
- baking shelled eggs
- Verb - In sewing, to shirr (shirring) is to make two or more rows of gathers used to decorate parts of garments, usually the sleeves, bodice or yoke.
Shirting
- verb - any of various fabrics used to make men's shirts
- put a shirt on
Shitting
- verb - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
- the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
Skidding
- verb - apply a brake or skid to
- elevate onto skids
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"
Skidpans
- noun - a paved surface on which cars can be made to skid so that drivers can practice controlling them
Skilling
- - A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
Skimming
- verb - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
- examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
- failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
- read superficially
- reading or glancing through quickly
- remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
- the act of brushing against while passing
- the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
- travel on the surface of water
Skimping
- verb - limit in quality or quantity
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
- work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
Skinning
- verb - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- remove the bark of a tree
- strip the skin off; "pare apples"