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Meaning of skiddly | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR C2

Definitions

A nonsense word used in musical phrases.

Examples

“Mighty Dundalk's passing by! HYDIE-HEY, HYDIE HO-OH! Hydie-hey, hydie ho-oh! SKIDDLY WIDDLY WADDLY WO!”
“Oh, we went up Channel with a new main yard, Ch. Singing skiddly, winkie, doodle all the day!”
“External actions (0N_.) indicate that the speaker is attending to something other than the problem solving activity, for example [looking out the window] or humming a tune "skiddly dee dop, da dee dop, da dee dop."”
“Goodbye, goodbye We're leaving you, skiddly-dye Goodbye,”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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