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skiver en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈskaɪvəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈskaɪvə/ (UK)

Etymology

From skive (“play truant”) + -er. Probably from French esquiver (“slink away”).

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) A slacker.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.

Forms

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skivers Number=Plur lexicographic

skiver en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈskaɪvəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈskaɪvə/ (UK)

Etymology

From skive (“to shave”) + -er. Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) One who uses a skive (or skives).
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal) A skewer.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
  4. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal) The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.

Forms

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skivers Number=Plur lexicographic

skiver en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈskaɪvəɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈskaɪvə/ (UK)

Etymology

From skive (“to shave”) + -er. Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive.

Meanings

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal) To skewer, impale.
    • I'll finish heating the oven, and set you free to go and skiver up them ducks. 1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “chapter 9”, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
    • […] it's I that wishes I could be sure 'twas malice, I'd skiver you, heels and elbows, on my sword, and roast you alive on that fire. 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “The Dead Secret, Showing how the Fire-worker Proved to Puddock that Nutter Had Spied Out the Nakedness of the Land”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 102:

Forms

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skivered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
skivered Tense=Past lexicographic
skivers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
skivering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic