skive

IPA: skˈaɪv

noun

  • (Britain, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.
  • (Britain, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.
  • A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
  • An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.

verb

  • (Britain, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
  • To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.
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Examples of "skive" in Sentences

  • You can't skive this from the New Yorker article.
  • A collection of his work can be found at the Skive Art Museum.
  • The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Skive.
  • In 1855 he painted his first altarpiece at the church in his hometown of Skive.
  • And if you give him a really important job, he'll skive off and play croquet...

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