English Explanatory Dictionary

skrrt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

intj
  1. The sound of a tire screeching
  2. The sound of one quickly turning away from someone/something
verb
  1. To speed away to another place by means of a vehicle with tires, or in simulation of it.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-skrrt.wav [skɹ̩ʔ˥]

Word forms

skrrt skrr skurt scurt skrrts skrrting skrrted

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Lexicalized from Riverdale Shawty’s feature in the original mixtape version of Waka Flocka Flame’s 2009 song O Let's Do It uttering Even got the spots (Scurt! Scurt!) off the block. Then in late 2013 Chief Keef picked up the interjection, alleged to have circulated sporadically in Afro-American circles since the 1990s, for his piece Chiefin Keef, his line Pull off in that foreign, skrr skrr skrr, she thought she seen a beast, and many other lines in his further career, to be imitated by other rappers of New York and soon the whole world, which embraced it as a fashion symbol printed on apparel.

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