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skiffling

skiffling noun: rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing. Also the present participle and gerund of skiffle.

Noun

skiffling (uncountable)

  1. Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
  2. Playing skifflemusic.
    • Early reactions show that the time may be right for a heavy and profitable barrage of skiffling.1957 May 20, Ren Grevati, “One The Beat”, in Billboard, page 151
    • But soon to eclipse even his hearty singing and skiffling were the new groups; rhythm and blues bands which were fast metamorphosing into rock'n'roll bands.2010, Derek Ansell, The Little House in Highbury, page 152

Also used as

skiffling is also the present participle and gerund of skiffle.

Questions about skiffling

What does skiffling mean?
Skiffling means rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
What part of speech is skiffling?
Skiffling is a noun.

Words near skiffling in the dictionary

  1. skiffler
  2. skifflers
  3. skiffles
  4. skiffless
  5. skifflike
  6. skiffling
  7. skiffs
  8. skiffy
  9. skifield
  10. skifields
  11. skift

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