1. to move rapidly or lightly over a surface
Usage: literary
2. to search about hastily
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The boat began to skirr across the calm water.
• Clouds skirr rapidly across the autumn sky.
• The cavalry would skirr the countryside looking for enemy forces.
• Birds skirr over the lake’s surface at dawn.
• The ice skater seemed to skirr effortlessly across the rink.