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Answer for the clue "Go rapidly ", 5 letters:
skirr
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Word definitions for skirr in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skirr \Skirr\, v. t. [Cf. Scur , Scurry .] To ramble over in order to clear; to scour. [Archaic] --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context UK dialect English) A tern. vb. (context intransitive English) To leave hastily; to flee, especially with a whirring sound
Usage examples of skirr.
Elizabeth thought concentratedly, startled once, when she heard the winding-engine chuff quickly, and the brakes skirr with a shriek.
Steeds were browsing in the shade, with loosened bits, but saddled, ready at the first sound of the bugle to skirr through brake and thicket.
My earstone translated his skirring with a sizzling edge, like bacon frying.
The true length of each connecting inevitably with another until a single cardinal chain wound close about the riving globe to keep the reckless pieces of it from skirring to the clamorous end of it.
The men, with their burden, ascended by the light of lanterns, the sick man was laid in the cabin, and, as soon as his bearers had returned to the shore, the gangway was removed, a rope was heard skirring over wood in the darkness, the yacht quivered, spread her woven wings to the air, and moved away.
The day was cold and brisk, with yellow and brown and the occasional orange leaf skirring in the wind.
But even as his finger tightened upon the trigger a sudden skirring growl broke from the lips of a beast at his side.