SKIRR

PRONUNCIATION: (skuhr)

MEANING: verb intr.: To move rapidly, especially away.
verb tr.: To range rapidly over an area, especially in search of something.
noun: A whirring or grating sound.

ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps a variant of scour (to move rapidly or search), itself perhaps from Old Norse skur (shower). Earliest documented use: 1548 for the verb and c. 1870 for the noun.
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OSKIRR - award for making the best Irish movie of the year

SHIRR - to bake an egg in a tall cuplike dish with a narrow rim at the top

STIRR - to mix gently with a spoon, or a stick, and a Scottish burr