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▪ I. skeeve, n. U.S. slang.
Brit. |skiːv|, U.S. |skiv|
Forms: 19– skeeve, 19– skeev
[Either ‹skeeve v., or independently as back-formation adj. Compare Italian schifo (noun) disgusting person, creep (see skeevy adj.).]
An obnoxious or contemptible person; a person regarded as disgusting, unpleasant, etc.
[1987San Jose Mercury News (Electronic ed.) 30 Aug. Graffitistas ‘Julian’ and ‘Skeevo’ and ‘Kasee’ and ‘2 Fast!’ attacked a wall with gusto.] 1990Village Voice (N.Y.) 30 Jan. 62/4 You come away from this book convinced that McLaren is a skeeve. 1995National Rev. (Nexis) 10 July [Howard] Stern ended the segment by exhorting New Hampshireites who pick up his show from Boston: Whatsa matter with you stupid skeeves? 1997B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 235 Of course I'm coming to the bat mitzvah. What am I, a skeev?
▪ II. skeeve, v. U.S. slang.
Brit. |skiːv|, U.S. |skiv|
Forms: 19– skeeve, 19– schif
[Probably back-formation ‹skeevy adj., perhaps after Italian schifare to loathe (a 1292), (reflexive) to feel disgust or nausea (a 1342), to nauseate, repel (1959). Compare slightly later skeeve n.]
1. trans. To disgust (someone), to repel; to make uncomfortable. Also with out.
1986J. Friedman Inside Peeps in Tales of Times Square (1993) 68 I'm terrified to get touched by a floor mop. They skeeve me out. 1998Call Center Solutions Aug. 18/1 What you..experienced was live..contact with an agent sitting somewhere in cyberspace... It may..have ‘skeeved’ you out. 2000Time 13 Nov. 104/3 [He] is a man warped by self-consciousness, who skeeves his lawyers by protesting his innocence too much.
2. trans. To loathe (a person or thing); to dislike intensely.
1991Philadelphia Daily News (Electronic ed.) 25 Mar. Skeeve (or schif), to loathe or despise... A South Philadelphia term. 1995Buffalo (N.Y.) News 12 Sept. n2, U totally skeeve it that a sugar pie guy like Antonio Banderas would even go out with, like, Melanie Griffith. As if! 1998F. Renzulli Pax Soprana in Sopranos (television shooting script) 1st Ser. 24 You've changed Tony. And I resent it. I resent it because it's destroying what little self-esteem I have left. I swear sometimes I think you skeeve me. |