skive

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈskaɪv/

Verb

skive (skives, present participle skiving; past and past participle skived)

1. (British, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
   • 2006, The Economist, Young offenders: Arrested development ↗

     Truancies, rather bewilderingly, have risen among children on the programme; the government hopes this is because children skive more as they get older.

Synonyms

• skip
• play hooky (US)
• see Thesaurus:play truant

Translations

• German: schwänzen
• Italian: marinare
• Russian: сачкова́ть
• Spanish: escaquearse, colgar clase, hacer novillos, hacer pellas

Noun

skive (plural skives)

1. (British, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.

   Mr Smith's history classes are a total skive.

2. (British, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.

Noun

skive (plural skives)

1. A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
2. An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.

Verb

skive (skives, present participle skiving; past and past participle skived)

1. To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.

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