skive
pronunciation
How to pronounce skive in British English:
UK [skaɪv]
How to pronounce skive in American English:
US [ skaɪv]
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- Verb:
- remove the surface of
Word Origin
- skive
- skive: see eschew
- skive (v.1)
- "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 (v.2)
- "evade duty," usually with off, 1919, probably from earlier sense "move lightly and quickly, dart" (1854), of unknown origin. Related: Skived; skiving.
Example
- 1. Equipment to skive edges of the straps .
- 2. To skive like this is a terrible waste .
- 3. It is either making her ill or making her skive , neither of which are good .
- 4. We always used to skive off pe lessons if we could .
- 5. But she left as if she was going to college so no-one knew she wasn t going to skive .