skirr

/S K ER1/
noun
  1. 1

    A tern.

verb
  1. 1

    To leave hastily; to flee, especially with a whirring sound

  2. 2

    To make a whirring sound.

  3. 3

    To search about in, scour

  4. 4

    To pass over quickly, skim

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skirr