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skift

/skɪft/

Rhymes with -ɪft

Where it comes from

From Scots skift (“light shower of rain or snow”), related to skiff (“light rain, snow, etc”) (which see for more) and skiffle.

noun skifts

Appalachia, Scotland, Shetland, dialectal, including Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”). Last night we had a little skift of snow.
Similar: skiff

verb skifts · skifting · skifted

dialectal, of rain or snow Synonym of skiff (“fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground”). A mourning dove had returned to him through snow, skifting over cold earth. It settled on a limb and began dressing its plumage.
Similar: skiff
dialectal, obsolete, possibly To shift; to move or remove. Aw could like yo to skift, afore aw […]

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@misc{skift_2026,
  title = {skift},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skift},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}