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skirt
(redirected from skirting)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
skirt around someone or something
Fig. to move around and avoid someone or something. (something can be a topic of conversation.) We talked the whole evening and managed to skirt around Fred. We had to skirt around the subject.
See also: around

a bit of fluff/skirt  (British & Australian old-fashioned, very informal)
a sexually attractive woman Who was that nice bit of skirt I saw you with last night?
See also: bit, fluff


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