skirr
Pronunciation: /skər
verb
[no object] • rare
Move rapidly, especially with a whirring sound: five dark birds rose skirring away
Origin
mid 16th century: perhaps related to scour1 or scour2.
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Some of the mice scurried into the tunnel as the flock of birds skirred into the clearing. The mice which didn't move fast enough were lunch.
