Home › Words › S › shirrshirr/ʃɜː/shirr means A shirring.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shirr ranks #2,165 of 42,747 for Qualifying.shirr is pronounced /ʃɜː/.EtymologyUnknown.nounA shirring.verbTo make gathers in textiles by drawing together parallel threads.To bake (a raw egg removed from its shell) in a baking dish.e.g.“'Breakfast, please,' said Bond. 'Pineapple juice, double. Cornflakes and cream. Shirred eggs with bacon. Double portion of Café Espresso. Toast and marmalade.'” — 1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 92:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).