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How to pronounce “skirt”

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Pronunciation guide for skirt

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of skirt with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors...long, floor-length skirts, tightly laced corsets,
Definition summary: A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.

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Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors...

long, floor-length skirts, tightly laced corsets,

[Noun]
A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
A loose edging to any part of a dress.
A petticoat.
(derogatory, slang) A woman.
(uncountable, UK, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
(uncountable, UK, colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
(of animals) A diaphragm, or midriff.[1]
[Verb]
To be on or form the border of.
To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
To cover with a skirt; to surround.
(figurative) To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).