skiffling

English

Noun

skiffling (uncountable)

1. (quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
2. Playing skifflemusic.
   • 1957 May 20, Ren Grevati, “One The Beat”, in Billboard, page 151:

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

   • 2010, Derek Ansell, The Little House in Highbury, page 152:

     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.

   • 2014, W Smyth, Mama OM, page 105:

     You could say many of the lads were into skiffling, and the careers of evergreen Cliff Richard and many others incidentally started off from skiffle bands and eventually reached superstardom .

Verb

skiffling

1. present participle and gerund of skiffle