skives (0 synonym found)

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Definition of skives:

(v) : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
(n) : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.
(n) : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.
(v) : To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.
(n) : An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
(n) : A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.

Definition of skives:

(v) : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
(n) : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) An act of avoiding lessons or work.
(n) : (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) Something very easy, where one can slack off without penalty.
(v) : To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.
(n) : An angled cut or bevel at the edge of something.
(n) : A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.

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