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   skive

   /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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   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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2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSKIVE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Skive can mean to shave leather or rubber, or to avoid work or school. Learn the origin, pronunciation, and usage of skive in British and American English.

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   What does Skive mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of SKIVE is to avoid work or school by staying away or by leaving without permission —often used with off.

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   Where is Skive located?

   • The town of Skive is located at the mouth of the Karup River (Karup Å) and the Skive Fjord, part of the Limfjord. Skive has a population of 20,166 (1 January 2024). The sociologist Richard Jenkins used his field work in Skive as the basis for his book Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life.

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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 does Skive to town mean?

   • They would occasionally ‘ skive to town’. 2. transitive. Originally U.S. College slang. To avoid (work or a duty) by leaving or being absent; (now) esp. to play truant from (school). Now chiefly British colloquial. In later, colloquial use an extension of sense 3.

   skive, v.³ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary

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   What does Skiver n 3 mean?

   • Frequently with away, out, etc. Cf. skiver n.3 1. Now disused. In some examples of the extended use, overlapping with sense 3 (cf. also quots. 1895, 1922 at sense 2). No skiving now, the skiver is twice driven: For unto him that skove was promptly given Endless detention.

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   Should I Skive or hold meetings outside the office?

   • Holding meetings outside the office is just an excuse for skiving. The leather is skived thin and accurate enough to make a neat, comfortable joint, and yet thick enough for the nails to hold. It's better to go straight ahead and never skip or skive.

   SKIVE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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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 a verb that means to avoid work or a duty by leaving or being absent, often used in British colloquial and slang. It has different meanings and origins in U.S. college and military slang, and is also a noun for a shirking person.

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   Skive is a British informal word for avoiding work, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working. Learn how to pronounce, conjugate, and use skive in sentences, and see its synonyms and translations in other languages.

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   Skive is a 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 translations, and find out how to pronounce it.

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   verb. /skaɪv/ [intransitive, transitive] (British English, informal) Verb Forms. to avoid work or school by staying away or leaving early synonym bunk off. ‘Where's Tom?’ ‘Skiving as usual.’. skive off She always skives off early on Fridays. I always skived off school when I could. skive something I skived the last lecture.

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    British English Slang – Skive or Skive-off. Meaning – To avoid work or your responsibilities by staying away or leaving without permission. To stay away from work or school because you are feeling lazy or perhaps feeling blue ( idiom).