shirr

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shirr

/ʃɜː/ UK
/ʃɜɹ/ US
/ʃɪr/ Scotland
/ʃøː/ New Zealand
/ʃeː/
/ʃɛː/
/ʃɜː(ɹ)/

Sounds like share (fair–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ), -ɪr

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verb shirrs · shirring · shirred

US To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
US, transitive To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish. 'Breakfast, please,' said Bond. 'Pineapple juice, double. Cornflakes and cream. Shirred eggs with bacon. Double portion of Café Espresso. Toast and marmalade.'

noun shirrs

A shirring.

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verb To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads

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@misc{shirr_2026,
  title = {shirr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shirr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}