name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
skiver
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈskaɪvə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈskaɪvəɹ/
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rhymes with -aɪvə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S K AY1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A slacker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.
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Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 4
One who uses a skive (or skives).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 5
A skewer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal
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noun
Meaning 6
An inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed, formerly used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
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Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
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noun
Meaning 7
The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal
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verb
Meaning 8
To skewer, impale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal
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History
Etymology
Occupation surname, from skiver (“one who polishes diamonds”).
From skive (“play truant”) + -er. Probably from French esquiver (“slink away”).
From skive (“to shave”) + -er. Probably from Dutch schijf (“slice”), probably influenced by shive.