skive

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To avoid one's lessons or work ; shirk.
2. noun Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.

   Mr Smith's history classes are a total skive.

3. noun An act of avoiding lessons or work.
4. noun A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
5. noun An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
6. verb To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.

Similar words

shirk sag off doss skip out eschew shuck dodge the column skulk flunk fainaigue

Often followed by

off the in and folkeblad or

Word family

skived skives skiving