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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
skive
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Harry's going to get into trouble if he keeps skiving off on Friday afternoons.
▪ She says she's been ill for the past week, but I think she's just skiving.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Barry had most likely told her he was skiving.
▪ There is no way that I could skive a session, even if I wanted to, wearing my yellow and tartan suit!
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skive

Skive \Skive\, v. t. To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).

Skive

Skive \Skive\, n. [Cf. Icel. sk[=i]fa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.] The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
skive

"split or cut into strips, pare off, grind away," 1825, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skifa "to cut, split," from Proto-Germanic *skif-, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Related: Skived; skiving.

skive

"evade duty," usually with off, 1919, probably from earlier sense "move lightly and quickly, dart" (1854), of unknown origin. Related: Skived; skiving.

Wiktionary
skive

n. The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem. vb. 1 To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather). 2 (context British English) To avoid one's lessons or, sometimes, work. Chiefly at school or university.

WordNet
skive

v. remove the surface of; "skive leather"

Wikipedia
Skive

Skive or skiving may refer to:

  • Skive, Denmark, a place in Denmark
    • Skive Municipality
    • Skive Airport
    • Skive station
    • Skive fH, a handball club
    • Skive IK, a football club
    • Skive RC, a rugby club
  • Skiving (leathercraft), the thinning of a piece of leather using a sharp tool
  • Skiving off, a British term for slacking or Truancy

Usage examples of "skive".

I wish Fred and George'd hurry up and get those Skiving Snackboxes sorted .

There was also an incredible amount of noise in the room: Fred and George appeared finally to have perfected one type of Skiving Snackbox, which they were taking turns to demonstrate to a cheering and whooping crowd.

They found Fred and George debating whether to use one of their own Skiving Snackboxes to get out of flying.

In that he had found a soulmate in Rojer Raven-Lyon up to the point where said fifteen year old skived out of regular duties - and Rojer was definitely delinquent in these right now.

Del Falco turned piss ant with a vengeance when you skived off' she said, 'which made him difficult enough until Clancy was yanked off too.

He stared around, looking up at the boxes piled to the ceiling: Here were the Skiving Snackboxes that the twins had perfected during their last, unfinished year at Hogwarts.