Meaning

2 senses

  1. To play skiffle.

  2. To move in a way that stirs up and moves anything loose lying on the surface.

Origin

From or related to Scots skiffle, from skiff (whence English skiff (“light rain, snow, e

From or related to Scots skiffle, from skiff (whence English skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”), which see for more). Related to skift (“light dusting of snow”).

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Forms

skiffles, skiffling, skiffled, skiffled
Base formskiffle · to skiffle
3rd person singularskiffles
Present participleskiffling
Past simpleskiffled
Past participleskiffled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskiffle
he, she, itskiffles

Past simpleLesson

all personsskiffled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skiffled
he, she, ithas skiffled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skiffle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skidskierskiffskilfulB2skillA1
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