Skift

Quick meaning: Skift is a noun meaning (dialectal, of rain or snow) Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).

Meaning

(dialectal, of rain or snow) Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”).

More Meanings

1. (dialectal, possibly obsolete) To shift; to move or remove.
2. (dialectal, including Scotland, Shetland and Appalachia) Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).

Example Sentences

Last night we had a little skift of snow.

We just got out on the top and there was a little skift of snow a-fallin'.

Well, there was a little skift of snow on the ground, and I follered up a ridge of the mountain […]

A skift of snow had fallen overnight on the ski trails, and Paul had yet to groom them and erase the tracks in the new snow.

Word Forms

• skifts
• skifting
• skifted

Synonyms for skift

Depending on context, synonyms include skiff.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skiffle, skiff, skelp, snift, skyte, skait.

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