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Verb: skive  skIv
  1. Remove the surface of
    "skive leather"
     
  2. Play truant from work or school
    "The boy often skives"
    - bunk off [Brit], play hooky [N. Amer], play truant, bunk [Brit], wag [Austral, NZ], mitch [Ireland]

Derived forms: skiving, skives, skived

Type of: cut, shave, skip

Encyclopedia: Skive