The noun skirt has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) skirt -- (cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist)
2. (2) skirt -- (a garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women)
3. dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird -- (informal terms for a (young) woman)
Overview of verb skirt
The verb skirt has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep -- (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully")
2. (1) skirt -- (pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast")
3. skirt -- (form the edge of)
4. surround, skirt, border -- (extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property")