skif·fle (sk f  l)n. Jazz, folk, or country music played by performers who use unconventional instruments, such as kazoos, washboards, or jugs, sometimes in combination with conventional instruments. [Origin unknown.] |
skiffle1
n
(Music, other) a style of popular music of the 1950s, played chiefly on guitars and improvised percussion instruments
[of unknown origin]
skiffle2
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Ulster dialect a drizzle a skiffle of rain
[from Scottish skiff, from skiff to move lightly, probably changed from skift, from Old Norse skipta shift]
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| Noun | 1. | skiffle - a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments popular music, popular music genre - any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom |
Translations
skiffle
n → Skiffle m; skiffle group → Skifflegroup f
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