skiffle
A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised…A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.
a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).
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Origin
From or related to Scots skiffle, from skiff (whence English skiff (“light rain, snow, eFrom 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
plural: skiffles| Singular | skiffle |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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