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   Skive

   /skīv/

   

   verb

   • 1. avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk: "I skived off school"

   noun

   • 1. an instance of avoiding work or a duty.
   • ▪ an easy option.

   Word Origin late 19th century (originally US college slang): probably from French esquiver ‘slink away’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. skiver noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   What does Skive mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! SKIVE definition: 1. to be absent from work or school without permission: 2. to be absent from work or school…. Learn more.

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   What does Skiver mean?

   • Define skiver. skiver synonyms, skiver pronunciation, skiver translation, English dictionary definition of skiver. n. 1. One, such as a cutting tool, that pares or skives. 2. A soft thin leather split off the outside of sheepskin and used for bookbinding. n.

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   What does skive off mean?

   • If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working. The company treated me as though I were skiving. [VERB] Skive off means the same as skive . 'I absolutely hated school,' Rachel says. 'I skived off all the time.' [VERB PARTICLE] Almost everybody's kids skive off school. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

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   What is a Skiv?

   • A skiv. A term mostly used in England when used to talk about chavs. A skiv will usually wear fake clothing and claim it's real. Sometimes they do wear real clothIng but as you'd expect they only have one pair of it as they save up all their benefit money for it. They try to act hard and get up all in your face.

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   Learn the British and American meanings of skive, a verb that can mean to avoid work or school, or to cut off a material in thin layers. See examples, synonyms, etymology, and related words.

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   Skive is an informal verb that means to be absent from work or school without permission, or to do something else when you should be working. Learn how to use skive in different contexts, see synonyms and related words, and hear the pronunciation.

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   verb (used with object) , skived, skiv·ing. to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices. to shave, as hides. to finish the turning of (a metal object) by feeding a tool against it tangentially. skive. 1. / skaɪv / verb. tr to shave or remove the surface of (leather) skive. 2. / skaɪv / verb. informal.

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   2 days ago · Skive can mean to avoid work or responsibility, or to slice off leather or rubber. Learn the difference, pronunciation, and usage of skive in British and American English.

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   Skive is an informal verb that means to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving early. Learn how to pronounce, spell and use skive in sentences with synonyms and examples.

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   Skive can mean to cut thin layers off leather or rubber, or to avoid work or duty in British slang. Learn the origin, synonyms, translations and examples of skive from various sources.

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   Definitions of skive. verb. remove the surface of. “ skive leather”. see more. see less. type of: shave. touch the surface of lightly.