skiffling
/ˈskɪflɪŋ/
verb
- To move or slide quickly and lightly, often in a playful or restless way.
- A small lizard skiffling along the wall caught the cat's attention.
- The children were skiffling across the icy pavement, laughing as they went.
- Leaves skiffling in the autumn wind gathered in piles against the fence.
noun
- A quick, light movement or sliding motion.
- He heard the skiffling of papers as the wind swept through the open window.
- With a sudden skiffling, the squirrel darted up the tree trunk.
- The skiffling of the skates on the rink was the only sound in the arena.