Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skirting

/skˈɝtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: skirt-ing
IPA: /skˈɝtɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of skirt

noun

Skirting boards collectively.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

skirts collectively; material for skirts

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of one who skirts around something, or avoids it.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Challenger looked up at the cornice and round at the skirting."
"The stateroom walls are veneered with finely figured English chestnut with the skirting and mouldings in English walnut."
"[…] superficial: many of their descriptions, together with their own candid and often amusing comments and reactions, are well worth noting and reflecting upon; their skirtings around the laws of defamation are a joy to read and a lesson to us all; […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

skirtings (plural)

Synonyms

encircling

Rhymes With

hurting converting flirting asserting inserting diverting alerting disconcerting reverting exerting squirting subverting

Questions

How do you pronounce skirting?: The recorded pronunciation is /skˈɝtɪŋ/.
What does skirting mean?: present participle and gerund of skirt

How to pronounce skirting

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