skrrt

English

Alternative forms

• skrr
• skurt, scurt

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.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): (interjection) [skɹ̩ʔ˥]

Interjection

skrrt (slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE)

1. The sound of a tire screeching
2. The sound of one quickly turning away from someone/something

Verb

skrrt (third-person singular simple present skrrts, present participle skrrting, simple past and past participle skrrted) (slang, African-American Vernacular, MLE)

1. To speed away to another place by means of a vehicle with tires, or in simulation of it.
   • 2019 January 16, “Out the Spot” (track 4, 0:30 and 1:42 from the start), in Kells Thraxx (lyrics), Prototypical – EP‎^[1]:

     Gotta do the dash when I skrrt out the block
     Double-do a rack when your girl git the top