skirp

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noun

A drop, a splash (of water, rain, etc).

OriginOld Norse skirpa →
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Meanings

nounskirp (plural skirps)

plural skirps

  1. ScotlandA drop, a splash (of water, rain, etc).

    Down the front of the jackets the plainness was broken by little skirps of skilly.

    1935 September 21, St Andrews Citizen, page 5
    1 more example

    Believe me Sir, to speak the truth, […] I like a skirp to cool my mouth / When spirits tumble low

    1829, John Dunbar, Poems on Various Subjects, page 44

Origin

  1. Old Norseskirpa“to spit”
  2. Englishskirp

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Spirk
Cite this entry
APA

skirp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skirp

MLA

“skirp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skirp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skirp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skirp.

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