Definition of skelf in English:

skelf

noun skɛlf

Scottish

1A splinter or sliver of wood.
裂片；碎片；薄片
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

Late Middle English (in the sense 'shelf'): probably from Middle Low German schelf; compare with shelf¹. sense 1 dates from the early 17th century.

词汇	skelf
释义	Definition of skelf in English: skelf noun skɛlf Scottish 1A splinter or sliver of wood. 裂片；碎片；薄片 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.
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