Skiffle

Quick meaning: Skiffle is a noun meaning A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.

Meaning

A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.

More Meanings

1. To play skiffle.
2. Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).
3. To move in a way that stirs up and moves anything loose lying on the surface.

Example Sentences

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Peter set off at a run, his feet skiffling up sand, his muscles cramping , his bones shrieking .

They've been skiffling as we talked about in last chapter, and can now play a bit so their interests are broadening.

The cats and the bats—and I hope you dig that one about the bats—played like mad in the backbeat 12, skiffling and skuffling , trying to get under the wire .

Word Forms

• skiffles
• skiffling
• skiffled

Synonyms for skiffle

Depending on context, synonyms include skiff.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skiff, skippet, shuffle, scratch, scrunge, skilly.

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