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Definition of skelf in English: skelfnoun skɛlf Scottish 1A splinter or sliver of wood. Example sentencesExamples - Just the other night I grew dizzy at the sight of a skelf in my husband's foot.
- Megan, you were just a skelf of a girl - not an ounce of fat.
- The skelf injury is the result of hours spent working in his garden and he wears it like a trophy.
Synonyms sliver, shiver, chip, shard, needle 2informal A troublesome or annoying person. Synonyms nuisance, bother, annoyance, irritation, irritant, thorn in one's flesh, thorn in one's side, vexation, trial, the bane of one's life, menace, curse, problem, trouble, worry, inconvenience, bore, gadfly
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'shelf'): probably from Middle Low German schelf; compare with shelf1. sense 1 dates from the early 17th century. |