Usually means: Avoiding work by staying away.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. skiving: Merriam-Webster
  2. skiving: Collins English Dictionary
  3. skiving: Vocabulary.com
  4. skiving: Wordnik
  5. skiving: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. skiving: Wiktionary
  7. skiving: Dictionary.com
  8. Skiving (leathercraft), Skiving (metalworking): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Skiving: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. skiving: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Skiving: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. skiving: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Skiving: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skiving: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. skiving (off): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. skiving: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (skiving)

noun:  (leatherworking) A piece made in skiving (paring or splitting) leather, especially the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
noun:  (metalworking) A type of machining that skives metal, with various applications including gear cutting.

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