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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.
   • ▪ 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 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 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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   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.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSKIVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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.

   • English (US)

     SKIVE meaning: 1. to be absent from work or school without...

   • Znaczenie Skive, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     skive definicja: 1. to be absent from work or school without...

   • Skive: Russian Translation

     SKIVE translate: сачковать, прогуливать . Learn more in the...

   • Skive: Polish Translation

     skive translate: wagarować, bumelować. Learn more in the...

   • Skive in Traditional Chinese

     SKIVE translate: 曠工；逃學，曠課. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Skittish

     SKITTISH definition: 1. (of people and animals) nervous or...

   • Skive in Simplified Chinese

     SKIVE translate: 旷工；逃学，旷课. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Skivers

     SKIVER definition: 1. a person who is absent from work...

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   If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working.

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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 definition: to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices.. See examples of SKIVE used in a sentence.

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   SKIVE meaning: 1. to be absent from work or school without permission: 2. to be absent from work or school…. Learn more.

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   If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working.

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