shirr

English

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃɜː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɜɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Verb

shirr (third-person singular simple present shirrs, present participle shirring, simple past and past participle shirred)

1. (US, sewing) To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.
2. (US, transitive) To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.
   • 1985 April 27, Sue Hyde, “Sunday Brunch with a Harbor View”, in Gay Community News, page 8:

     The Creole eggs arrived in a ramekin, shirred on a bed of Virginia ham julienne and topped with a robust, spicy tomato sauce of Creole derivation.

   • 2006, Kim Severson, THE CHEF: ANNE QUATRANO; Letting the Land Make a Statement on the Plate, NYTimes, July 6

     But her favorite way to express their simplicity is to shirr them. It's an old-fashioned technique that essentially means baking an egg. In her version, the eggs in ramekins are simmered in seasoned cream that reduces slightly into a soft sauce.

Translations

To make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads

• Bulgarian: правя набор (pravja nabor)
• Czech: nabrat pf, zřasit pf
• Finnish: rypyttää (fi), poimuttaa (fi)
• French: froncer (fr)
• Quechua: ch'ipuy

Noun

Girl wearing blouse with shirr (as zoomed in)

shirr (plural shirrs)

1. (sewing) A shirring.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sirid (“to traverse, seek”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sir.

Verb

shirr (verbal noun shirrey, past participle shirrit)

1. seek, go after, cast about, search, solicit, prospect
2. request
3. require
4. endeavour
5. apply

Derived terms

• aahirr (“research”)
• cohirr (“compete”)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
shirr	hirr after "yn", çhirr	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.