English Explanatory Dictionary

skiver

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A slacker.
  2. A truant; one who is absent without permission, especially from school.
noun
  1. One who uses a skive (or skives).
  2. A skewer.
  3. 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. The cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins.
verb
  1. To skewer, impale.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈskaɪvə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skiver.wav /ˈskaɪvəɹ/

Word forms

skiver skivers skivering skivered

Etymology

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

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