skiffle

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈskɪf.əl/ Rhymes: -ɪfəl === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== skiffle (uncountable) A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== skiffle (third-person singular simple present skiffles, present participle skiffling, simple past and past participle skiffled) To play skiffle. === Etymology 2 === 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”). ==== Noun ==== skiffle (plural skiffles) Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”). For quotations using this term, see Citations:skiffle. ==== Verb ==== skiffle (third-person singular simple present skiffles, present participle skiffling, simple past and past participle skiffled) To move in a way that stirs up and moves anything loose lying on the surface.