1. Remove the surface of
   "skive leather" 
2. Play truant from work or school
   - bunk off [Brit], play hooky [N. Amer], bunk [Brit], wag [Austral, NZ], play truant, mitch [Ireland]

Derived forms: skiving, skives, skived

Type of: cut, shave, skip

Encyclopedia: Skive

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