Yes, skirt is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

2. Pass around or about; move along the border

3. Form the edge of

4. Extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

Noun

1. Cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

2. A garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and women

3. (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

4. Informal terms for a (young) woman