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View usage for: (skaɪv) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense skives, present participle skiving, past tense, past participle skivedverbIf you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working. [British, informal] The company treated me as though I were skiving. [VERB] Synonyms: slack, idle, shirk, dodge More Synonyms of skive 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] skiverWord forms: plural skivers countable noun He was a skiver, and a thief. Synonyms: slacker, loafer, idler, do-nothing More Synonyms of skive skive in British English 1 (skaɪv) verb(transitive) to shave or remove the surface of (leather) Word origin C19: from Old Norse skifa; related to English dialect shive a slice of bread skive in British English 2 (skaɪv) verb(when intr, often foll by off) British informal to evade (work or responsibility) Word origin C20: of unknown origin skive in American English 1 (skaɪv) verb intransitiveWord forms: skived or ˈskiving British, Informal to avoid work by leaving; play truant often with off skive in American English 2 (skaɪv) verb transitiveWord forms: skived or ˈskiving to slice off (leather, rubber, etc.) in thin layers; shave Word origin ON skifa; akin to shive Examples of 'skive' in a sentenceskive British English: skive / skaɪv/ VERB 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. - American English: avoid work
- Arabic: يَهْجُرُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: evitar trabalhar
- Chinese: 逃避劳动
- Croatian: zabušavati
- Czech: ulít se z práce
- Danish: pjække
- Dutch: drukken (zich)
- European Spanish: gandulear
- Finnish: lintsata
- French: tirer au flanc
- German: drücken (sich)
- Greek: λουφάρω
- Italian: schivare
- Japanese: 仕事をサボる
- Korean: 의무를 저버리다
- Norwegian: splitte
- Polish: lenić się
- European Portuguese: baldar-se
- Romanian: a trândăvi
- Russian: увиливать
- Latin American Spanish: faltar a clase
- Swedish: skolka
- Thai: หนีงาน
- Turkish: kaytarmak
- Ukrainian: прогулювати
- Vietnamese: trốn tránh trách nhiệm
Chinese translation of 'skive'skive (skaɪv) (Brit) (inf) vi -
逃避劳(勞)动(動) (táobì láodòng)
Definition to avoid work or responsibility (British, informal) The company treated me as though I were skiving. Synonyms dodge skulk malinger swing the lead gold-brick (US, slang) bob off (British, slang) scrimshank (British military, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition to evade work He was sacked for bludging on the job. Synonyms slack, skive (British, informal), idle, shirk, gold-brick (US, slang), bob off (British, slang), scrimshank (British, slang) We spent many hours idling in cafés. Synonyms do nothing, slack, hang out (informal), languish, take it easy, shirk, stagnate, mark time, kill time, skive (British, slang), vegetate, sit back and do nothing, veg out (slang), kick your heels, bludge (Australian, New Zealand, informal), slow down, bob off (British, slang) Definition to avoid doing (work or a duty); to be negligent He was sacked for shirking. Synonyms skive (British, slang), slack, idle, malinger, swing the lead, gold-brick (US, slang), bob off (British, slang), bludge (Australian, New Zealand, informal), scrimshank (British, slang) - skirt
- skit
- skittish
- skive
- skiver
- skookum
- skulduggery
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