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- Dictionaryskive/skʌɪv/
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 by staying away or leaving early.
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SKIVE definition: 1. to be absent from work or school without permission: 2. to be absent from work or school…. Learn more.
: to cut off (a material, such as leather or rubber) in thin layers or pieces : pare. Examples of skive in a Sentence. Verb (1) He works for his mother and feels he can skive off whenever he feels like it. She skived off school twice last month. Word History. Etymology. Verb (1)
If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working.
Skive definition: to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices.. See examples of SKIVE used in a sentence.
SKIVE meaning: 1. to be absent from work or school without permission: 2. to be absent from work or school…. Learn more.
Define skive. skive synonyms, skive pronunciation, skive translation, English dictionary definition of skive. tr.v. skived , skiv·ing , skives To cut thin layers off ; pare. intr.v. skived , skiv·ing , skives Chiefly British Slang To avoid work or duty; shirk....
Definition of skive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Skive definition: To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare.
skive definition: 1. to not go to school or work when you should, or to leave school or work earlier than you should…. Learn more.
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