skirr

• Andrew Motion, Britain's Poet Laureate since 1999, selected skirr, which refers to the rattling, scratchy noise that a bird's wings make during flight. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
• Poet Laureate Andrew Motion has adopted "skirr" and actor Stephen Fry is championing the survival of "fubsy." —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
• It is apodeictic that, while perhaps obscure, words like "skirr" and "periapt" serve uniquely expressive purposes and cannot be subrogated by other, more commonplace words. —  A Gentleman's C
• Also on the list is the word skirr, which means to go rapidly or fly. —  KeysNews.com -
• And make them skirr away, as swift as stones —  King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre

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