Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to skiffle
Participle: skiffled
Gerund: skiffling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | skiffle |
| you | skiffle |
| he;she;it | skiffles |
| we | skiffle |
| you | skiffle |
| they | skiffle |
Perfect
| I | have skiffled |
| you | have skiffled |
| he;she;it | has skiffled |
| we | have skiffled |
| you | have skiffled |
| they | have skiffled |
Past
| I | skiffled |
| you | skiffled |
| he;she;it | skiffled |
| we | skiffled |
| you | skiffled |
| they | skiffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had skiffled |
| you | had skiffled |
| he;she;it | had skiffled |
| we | had skiffled |
| you | had skiffled |
| they | had skiffled |
Future
| I | will skiffle |
| you | will skiffle |
| he;she;it | will skiffle |
| we | will skiffle |
| you | will skiffle |
| they | will skiffle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have skiffled |
| you | will have skiffled |
| he;she;it | will have skiffled |
| we | will have skiffled |
| you | will have skiffled |
| they | will have skiffled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | skiffle |
| you | skiffle |
| he;she;it | skiffle |
| we | skiffle |
| you | skiffle |
| they | skiffle |
Perfect
| I | have skiffled |
| you | have skiffled |
| he;she;it | have skiffled |
| we | have skiffled |
| you | have skiffled |
| they | have skiffled |
Imperfect
| I | skiffled |
| you | skiffled |
| he;she;it | skiffled |
| we | skiffled |
| you | skiffled |
| they | skiffled |
Pluperfect
| I | had skiffled |
| you | had skiffled |
| he;she;it | had skiffled |
| we | had skiffled |
| you | had skiffled |
| they | had skiffled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would skiffle |
| you | would skiffle |
| he;she;it | would skiffle |
| we | would skiffle |
| you | would skiffle |
| they | would skiffle |
Perfect
| I | would have skiffled |
| you | would have skiffled |
| he;she;it | would have skiffled |
| we | would have skiffled |
| you | would have skiffled |
| they | would have skiffled |
Imperative
| you | skiffle |
| we | Let's skiffle |
| you | skiffle |
Verbs conjugated like 'skiffle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'skiffle'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”). See: English '
skiff'.
Sample Sentences
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As I am sitting at the stoplight under the maple and oak and cedar trees I see three tiny kids skiffling and shuffling and skittering and scuffling In the leaves [2016, Brian Doyle, The Kind of Brave You Wanted to Be, page 87:]
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He shakes his head in puzzlement and bends for the suitcases, his Salvation Army shoes encased in plastic bread bags for protection skiffling in the gravel as he resumes his pilgrimage, this rabbit-faced disciple of the Lord, his little grey teeth overhanging his thin lower lip. [2016, Kyp Harness, Wigford Rememberies:]
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Peter set off at a run, his feet skiffling up sand, his muscles cramping , his bones shrieking . [2018, Kirsty Logan, The Gloaming:]
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Shame blew through me in circles like a typhoon over Lake Tanganyika, skiffling the cool, calm waters into tidal waves. [2020, Sasha Lauren, The Paris Predicament, page 193:]