Phrase Hound found 58 phrases and 37 compound words that contain skirt. The most common are listed below. Open skirt in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 58
- Up skirt
- mini-skirtAlternative form of miniskirt: A short skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
- Short skirt
- pencil skirtA slim skirt (clothing) with a straight and narrow cut, usually approximately knee-length.
- grass skirtA skirt made from long dried grass, or synthetic material resembling it.
- skirt suitA women's suit consisting of a jacket and a matching skirt
- riding skirtA skirt traditionally worn by a woman while riding, able to be fastened around her waist while mounted on the animal.
- skirt steakA long, flat cut of beef from the plate, prized for flavour rather than tenderness.
- hoop skirtA women's undergarment worn in various historical periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape, typically consisting of a fabric petticoat with casings to hold a stiffening material, variously rope, osiers, whalebone, steel …
- divided skirtA skirt in the form of loose trousers.
- skirt chaserA man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship.
- skirt aroundTo circumvent, to bypass, to go around in order to avoid.
- circle skirtA skirt cut in sections to make one or more circles with a hole for the waist, so the skirt is very full but hangs smoothly from the waist without darts, pleats, or gathers.
- skirt danceA form of dance, popular in burlesque and vaudeville theater of the 1890s, in which women dancers manipulated long, layered skirts with their arms to create a motion of flowing fabric.
- skirt guardA device fitted over the rear wheel of a bicycle to prevent loose garments from snagging.
- prairie skirtA traditional American flared skirt with flounces.
- waterfall skirtA skirt that is longer on one side than the other.
- poodle skirtA wide felt knee-length skirt of a solid bold colour displaying a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric, originally of a coiffed French poodle; popular in the United States in the 1950s.
- rah-rah skirtA short flounced skirt of a style similar to that worn by cheerleaders.
- hobble skirtA skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer's stride, or hobble the wearer.
- fender skirtA piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tires of an automobile.
- ra-ra skirtAlternative form of rah-rah skirt: A short flounced skirt of a style similar to that worn by cheerleaders.
- red ring skirtThe Asian butterfly Hestina assimilis, family Nymphalidae, having a row of red spots on each hindwing.
- golden skirtA woman who is a director on several boards.
- hula skirtA grass skirt to be worn when performing the hula dance.
Compound words 37
- skortA pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
- bedskirtThe valance of a bed.
- microskirtAn extremely short miniskirt with its hemline at the upper thigh, at or just below crotch or underwear level.
- skirtyLike a skirt; featuring a skirt or skirts.
- saddleskirtThe portion of a saddle that covers the flank of a horse.
- plateskirtA skirt of plate armour.
- skirtfulAs much as is within, on, or held by a skirt.
- skapriAn exercise garment combining leggings with a short skirt
- skirtageSkirts, collectively.
- beskirtTo border; lie on the outskirts of.