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Noun: skive  skIv
Usage: Brit, informal (N. Amer: truancy)
  1. Failure to attend (especially school)
    "The school implemented new measures to combat skive";
    - truancy, hooky [N. Amer, informal], hookey [N. Amer]
Verb: skive  skIv
  1. Remove the surface of
    "skive leather"

Derived forms: skiving, skives, skived

Type of: nonattendance, shave

Encyclopedia: Skive, Denmark