noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing. uncountable
2. 2
   Playing skifflemusic. uncountable

   "Early reactions show that the time may be right for a heavy and profitable barrage of skiffling."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of skiffle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

skiff

Example

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"Early reactions show that the time may be right for a heavy and profitable barrage of skiffling."

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