The meaning of SKIVE is to avoid work or school by staying away or by leaving without permission —often used with off. How to use skive in a sentence.

Not going to school (Definition of skive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

SKIVE definition: to split or cut, as leather, into layers or slices. See examples of skive used in a sentence.

If you skive, you avoid working, especially by staying away from the place where you should be working.

There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb skive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in British English and U.S. English.

5 days ago · skive (plural skives) (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.

[Perhaps from French esquiver, to dodge (from Spanish, esquivar or Italian, eschivare, both ultimately of Germanic origin; akin to Old English scēoh, shy) or from English dialectal skive, to …

Definition of skive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Skive definition: To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare.

SKIVE meaning: to avoid school or work by staying away or by leaving without permission often + off