skivers

skive (sk

tr.v. skived, skiv·ing, skives

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

[Of Scandinavian origin; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]

skive¹

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) (tr) to shave or remove the surface of (leather)

[from Old Norse skifa; related to English dialect shive a slice of bread]

skive²

(when intr, often foll by off) Brit informal to evade (work or responsibility)

[of unknown origin]

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Verb

skive - remove the surface of; "skive leather"

shave - touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

skive

verb (Brit. informal) slack, idle, shirk, dodge, skulk, malinger, swing the lead, gold-brick (U.S. slang), bob off (Brit. slang), bludge (Austral. & N.Z. informal), scrimshank (Brit. military slang) The company treated me as though I were skiving.

Translations

skive [skaɪv] (Brit)

A. VI (= not work) → gandulear, haraganear; (= disappear) → escabullirse, escaquearse, rajarse(LAm)

B. N to be on the skive; have a good skive → gandulear, no hacer nada

skive off

A. VI + ADV (Brit) (= not work) → gandulear, haraganear; (= disappear) → escabullirse, escaquearse, rajarse(LAm)

B. VI + PREP to skive off school → hacer novillos, hacer la rabona

skive [ˈskaɪv] (British) vi → tirer au flanc

skive off

(British)

vt fus [+ lesson] → sécher
to skive off school → sécher les cours

vi → sécher les cours

skive (Brit inf)

n to be on the skive → blaumachen (inf); (from school etc) → schwänzen (inf); to have a good skive → sich (dat) → einen schönen Tag machen (inf), → sich vor der Arbeit drücken

vi → blaumachen (inf); (from school etc) → schwänzen (inf)

skive [skaɪv] vi (Brit) (fam) → fare il/la lavativo/a
to skive off → svignarsela, filarsela

skive → (يشرِّح بكشط (بكشط جلد الحيوان ulít (se) z práce pjække drücken (sich) λουφάρω faltar a clase, gandulear lintsata tirer au flanc zabušavati oziare 仕事をサボる 의무를 저버리다 drukken (zich) splitte lenić się evitar trabalhar увиливать skolka หนีงาน kaytarmak trốn tránh trách nhiệm 割成薄片

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bludge
bunk
chunk
cop out
dial
disc
gill
goof
idle
miss
rasher
shave
shirk
skip
skive off
Skiving
slab
slack
slice

The workers were sacked after a sting operation by Strathclyde Passenger Transport used the CCTV footage to catch the skivers red-handed.

Skivers' cheek; Record View by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

com Types of Machinery: Assembly machines (special), cementing machines, coaters, cutting equipment, deflashing equipment, dies, molds, presses, skivers, splitters Freeman Schwabe Machinery Greg DeFisher, CEO 4064 Clough Woods Dr.

Used, rebuilt machinery suppliers by Rubber World

Add that to the fact that almost three quarters of the country's skivers prefer to fake illness on a Monday, and that makes today the worst day of the year for employers.

'National Sickie Day' today by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

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