skive
verb
[ skʌɪv ]
• avoid work or a duty by staying away or leaving early; shirk.
• "I skived off school"
Similar:
malinger,
pretend to be ill,
feign/fake illness,
play truant,
truant,
avoid work,
evade one's duty,
shirk,
skulk,
idle,
cut,
bunk off,
swing the lead,
wag,
scrimshank,
dodge the column,
mitch off,
goldbrick,
play hooky,
goof off,
play the wag,
skive
noun
• an instance of avoiding work or a duty by staying away or leaving early.
Origin:
late 19th century (originally US college slang): probably from French esquiver ‘slink away’.
skive
verb
• pare (the edge of a piece of leather or other material) so as to reduce its thickness.
• "to join two ends of a strap, the ends are skived"
Origin:
early 19th century: from Old Norse skífa ; related to shive.
