skiving
Meaning of skiving
verb
To avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
verb
To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.
noun
A piece made in skiving (the paring or splitting of leather), especially the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
Information about skiving
- The plural form of skiving is: skivings.
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Hyphenation of skiving
skiv-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- skiving is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Words that rhyme with skiving
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