noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A piece made in skiving (paring or splitting) leather, especially the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
2. 2
   A type of machining that skives metal, with various applications including gear cutting.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of skive form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

hookytruancy

Example

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""I'm not sleeping. I'm always just skiving off." "That way's even worse!""

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