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Skirl
- noun - make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes"
- play the bagpipes
- the sound of (the chanter of) a bagpipe
Skirr
- - To ramble over in order to clear; to scour.
Skirt
- noun - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
- a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist
- cut of beef
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- form the edge of
- informal terms for a (young) woman
- pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
Skite
- unknown - To boast or brag.
Skits
- noun - a short theatrical episode
Skive
- verb - remove the surface of; "skive leather"
- Shirk
Slice
- noun - a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
- a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; "a piece of pie"; "a slice of bread"
- a share of something; "a slice of the company's revenue"
- a spatula for spreading paint or ink
- a thin flat piece cut off of some object
- a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
- cut into slices; "Slice the salami, please"
- hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels in a different direction
- hit a ball so that it causes a backspin
- make a clean cut through; "slit her throat"
Slick
- adjective - a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
- a magazine printed on good quality paper
- a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
- a trowel used to make a surface slick
- give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair"
- having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"
- having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"
- made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and hasn't had time to wash away the oil"
- make slick or smooth
- marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
Slide
- noun - (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- hair fastener
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- move smoothly along a surface; "He slid the money over to the other gambler"
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly; "They slid thro
Slier
- adjective - marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
- Sneaky