skives
Dodges one's duties
Skives is the third-person singular of skive, a British term meaning to avoid work or duty, especially by sneaking away: He skives off work whenever he can.
The word carries a mildly disapproving tone but is often used lightheartedly.
A skiver is someone who habitually skives.
Separately, to skive leather is to shave or pare it into thin layers.
Avoiding effort deliberately
- loafingPassing time idly
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- bunkingSleeping somewhere temporarily
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
ducking · goldbricking · malingering · truanting · absenteeism · playing hooky · wagging · cutting class
slacking
Avoiding effort deliberately
dodging · ducking · goldbricking · malingering · truanting · absenteeism · playing hooky · wagging · cutting class · bunking off
paring
Cutting away rind
splitting · hide · tannery · suede · tooling · cowhide · lambskin · buffing · top-grain · vegetable-tanned
skivestoils
Works with great effort
labors · grafts · perseveres · applies oneself · buckles down
- skive offEvade obligations deliberately
- skived offShirked responsibilities deliberately
- skiving offEvading duties dishonestly