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skirp

skirp noun: a drop, a splash (of water, rain, etc).

Noun

skirp (plural skirps)

  1. (Scotland) A drop, a splash (of water, rain, etc).
    • Believe me Sir, to speak the truth, […] I like a skirp to cool my mouth / When spirits tumble low1829, John Dunbar, Poems on Various Subjects, page 44
    • Down the front of the jackets the plainness was broken by little skirps of skilly.1935 September 21, St Andrews Citizen, page 5

Forms of skirp

pluralskirps

Origin of skirp

Scottish and Northern English, from or related to Old Norse skirpa (“to spit”).

Questions about skirp

What does skirp mean?
Skirp means a drop, a splash (of water, rain, etc).
What part of speech is skirp?
Skirp is a noun.
What is the plural of skirp?
The plural of skirp is skirps.

Words near skirp in the dictionary

  1. skirmishings
  2. skirmisht
  3. skirod
  4. skirods
  5. Skiros
  6. skirp
  7. skirr
  8. skirred
  9. skirret
  10. skirrets
  11. skirrett

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