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skyffla
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Swedish
Etymology
By surface analysis, skyffel + -a.
Verb
skyffla (present skyfflar, preterite skyfflade, supine skyfflat, imperative skyffla)
- to shovel (move (something) with a shovel or similar tool)
- Synonym: (in order to remove) skotta
- att skyffla gödsel ― to shovel manure
- (often with a particle like in (“in”) or undan (“away”)) to shove (e.g. food into one's mouth), to push (away, e.g. to clear a floor)
- Han skyfflade in mat i munnen
- He shoved food into his mouth
- Han skyfflade undan leksakerna från golvet med foten
- He cleared the toys from the floor with his foot
- (figuratively) to move (something more or less abstract)
- Han försökte skyffla över ansvaret på andra
- He tried to shuffle off ("shovel") the responsibility onto others
- Fångarna skyfflades runt mellan olika anstalter
- The prisoners were shuffled ("shoveled") between different institutions
Conjugation
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Related terms
- skyffel (“shovel”)
References
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