skif|fle

skif|fle
skif|fle «SKIHF uhl», noun, verb, -fled, -fling. Especially British.
–n.
a type of Dixieland jazz in which folk or popular songs are rendered to a rapid beat by small groups playing guitars and improvised instruments such as washboards, bottles, and jugs: »

U.S. rock 'n' roll, commercial hillbilly and folk music, warmed over and juiced up in a mishmash called skiffle (Time).

–v.i.
to play skiffle.

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  • skif — skif·fling; skif·fle; …   English syllables

  • fle — baf·fle·ment; buf·fle·horn; caf·fle; cof·fle; cur·fuf·fle; fle·eth; fuf·fle; gof·fle; jif·fle; ker·fuf·fle; maf·fle; mof·fle; ni·fle; raf·fle·sia; raf·fle·si·a·ce·ae; rif·fle·man; ri·fle·man; ri·fle·ry; ri·fle·scope; scraf·fle; scruf·fle;… …   English syllables

  • skiffle — skif·fle …   English syllables

  • Skiffle — Skif|fle 〈[ skı̣fl] m. od. n.; s; unz.; Mus.〉 auf einfachen Instrumenten (z. B. Mundharmonika u. Waschbrett) gespielter, volkstüml. Jazz [engl.] * * * Skif|fle [ skɪfl̩ ], der, auch: das; s [engl. skiffle, H. u., viell. lautm.]: Vorform des Jazz …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Skiffle-Group — Skif|fle Group, (auch:) Skif|fle|group [ skɪfl̩gru:p], die; , s [engl. skiffle group, zu: group = Gruppe]: Ensemble von [Amateur]musikern, das Skifflemusik spielt …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Skifflegroup — Skif|fle Group, (auch:) Skif|fle|group [ skɪfl̩gru:p], die; , s [engl. skiffle group, zu: group = Gruppe]: Ensemble von [Amateur]musikern, das Skifflemusik spielt …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Skiffle-Group — Skif|fle Group, auch Skif|fle|group [...gru:p] die; , s <aus gleichbed. engl. skiffle group, zu group »Gruppe«> kleine Musikergruppe, die Skiffle spielt …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • skiffle — skif|fle [ˈskıfəl] n [U] especially BrE a type of popular music played in the 1950s and often using instruments made by the musicians themselves …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Skifflemusik — Skif|fle|mu|sik [ skɪfl̩...], die: Skiffle …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Skiffle — Skif|fle auch: Skiff|le 〈 [skı̣fl] m. od. n.; Gen.: s; Pl.: unz.; Musik〉 auf einfachen Instrumenten (z. B. Mundharmonika u. Waschbrett) gespielter, volkstümlicher Jazz [Etym.: engl.] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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