Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to skiff
Participle: skiffed
Gerund: skiffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | skiff |
| you | skiff |
| he;she;it | skiffs |
| we | skiff |
| you | skiff |
| they | skiff |
Perfect
| I | have skiffed |
| you | have skiffed |
| he;she;it | has skiffed |
| we | have skiffed |
| you | have skiffed |
| they | have skiffed |
Past
| I | skiffed |
| you | skiffed |
| he;she;it | skiffed |
| we | skiffed |
| you | skiffed |
| they | skiffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had skiffed |
| you | had skiffed |
| he;she;it | had skiffed |
| we | had skiffed |
| you | had skiffed |
| they | had skiffed |
Future
| I | will skiff |
| you | will skiff |
| he;she;it | will skiff |
| we | will skiff |
| you | will skiff |
| they | will skiff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have skiffed |
| you | will have skiffed |
| he;she;it | will have skiffed |
| we | will have skiffed |
| you | will have skiffed |
| they | will have skiffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | skiff |
| you | skiff |
| he;she;it | skiff |
| we | skiff |
| you | skiff |
| they | skiff |
Perfect
| I | have skiffed |
| you | have skiffed |
| he;she;it | have skiffed |
| we | have skiffed |
| you | have skiffed |
| they | have skiffed |
Imperfect
| I | skiffed |
| you | skiffed |
| he;she;it | skiffed |
| we | skiffed |
| you | skiffed |
| they | skiffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had skiffed |
| you | had skiffed |
| he;she;it | had skiffed |
| we | had skiffed |
| you | had skiffed |
| they | had skiffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would skiff |
| you | would skiff |
| he;she;it | would skiff |
| we | would skiff |
| you | would skiff |
| they | would skiff |
Perfect
| I | would have skiffed |
| you | would have skiffed |
| he;she;it | would have skiffed |
| we | would have skiffed |
| you | would have skiffed |
| they | would have skiffed |
Imperative
| you | skiff |
| we | Let's skiff |
| you | skiff |
Verbs conjugated like 'skiff'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'skiff'
sniff,
spiff,
stiff,
biff,
diff,
hiff,
jiff,
kife,
miff,
niff,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English skif, from Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo (“small boat”), from Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”). Doublet of ship.
Verbs referencing "skiff"
English
skiffle.
Sample Sentences
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We must be constantly alert to increased accident potentials in taxiing, takeoff, and landings on ice-glazed and snow-skiffed runways. [1957, Combat Crew: Magazine of the Strategic Air Command, page 3:]
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The sharp wind divides the dense fur of their winter coats while they survey the snow-skiffed ground of their silent town. [1981, United States Government Printing Office, Devils Tower, Government Printing Office, published 1985, →ISBN, page 50:]
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1983, Roy McFadden, The Selected Roy McFadden, Dundonald, N. Ireland : Blackstaff Press
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With glimpses through the skiffing rain / Of Donegal across the bay, / And Scotland when the early mist is blown, […]
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The first year I stayed on 'til snow skiffed the highways & we had to burn the frost out of the ditchline with coal. [1986, Waves:]
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[…] two hours probing burnished lamps into rain-skiffed darkness, a digger burred, clanked […] [1998, David Anderson, A Tract of Time, [email protected], →ISBN, page 88:]
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He crossed a bridge to the other side, the road snaking in the green of fir and spruce, turning into a hill, a bit of snow skiffed in some places, then more, then everything coated, the evidence of a recent plow, the oil-and-gravel surface still ... [2000, Roy Parvin, In the Snow Forest, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 30:]
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“I don't mind waiting with you.” “No, it's all right.” “Really?” “Really.” Reluctantly, Paul said goodbye. Walking in the face of skiffing rain he was almost past the kebab shop before he realised it. “Donner kebab,” Paul said as if it was a refrain. [2009, John Morgan, Giddyblue, Chipmunkapublishing ltd, →ISBN, page 143:]
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In others, you could see all the way through to the basement stairway below. All the doors on the second floor had been torn from their hinges. The wind blew in through the empty windows, skiffing snow In one room a rotting mattress had been ... [2009, Kent Nerburn, The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder's Journey Through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows, New World Library, →ISBN, page 267:]
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Rain skiffed against the windows as she told Maeve about the possible link between Paddy Wallace, Mark O'Hanlon and Prontias Ryan. Maeve listened, nodding along. [2018, Claire McGowan, The Killing House (Paula Maguire 6): An explosive Irish crime thriller that will give you chills, Headline, →ISBN:]