skiffle

Definition

A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.

Example Sentences

• "The cats and the bats—and I hope you dig that one about the bats—played like mad in the backbeat 12, skiffling and skuffling , trying to get under the wire ."
• "In Liverpool, the Quarrymen were one group of teenage Donegan admirers, but there were plenty of others: the Martinis, the Raving Texans, the Bluegenes and the Blackjacks—all skiffling their hearts out ."
• "They've been skiffling as we talked about in last chapter, and can now play a bit so their interests are broadening."