Definition of "skive" [skive]

• To cut thin layers off (leather or rubber, for example); pare. (verb-transitive)

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• "After his family moved from a home close to Parkhead to a flat near Ibrox, Dalglish befriended a young Rangers player called Alex Miller and it was not unknown for him to skive off school in order to hang around the club before cadging favours from a senior pro."
• "Of course the rehab place, unlike the hospital, makes H do this routinely, and he tries, often successfully, to skive at home."
• "More From The Times Britons to skive off work for Murray semi."