skiving

Avoiding one's work

Skiving is British slang for shirking work or avoiding responsibilities, typically by pretending to be busy or disappearing: He's always skiving off when there's heavy lifting to do.

A skiver is someone who habitually dodges duties.

Separately, skiving is a leatherworking technique of shaving material to reduce thickness.

shirking

bunking

Sleeping somewhere temporarily

waggingRapid side-to-side movement
dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
slackingAvoiding effort deliberately

malingering · loafing · idling · avoiding · neglecting · procrastinating · goldbricking · lazing · dallying · workshy

truancy

hooky

Unauthorized school absence

waggingRapid side-to-side movement
ditchingHastily discarding something
absenteeismHabitual failure to attend

truancy · AWOL · unexcused · nonattendance · jigging · sagging

leatherwork

paring

Cutting away rind

bevelingCutting at a slant
splittingDividing into parts
thinningReducing density or number

shaving · fleshing · top-grain · suede · nubuck · lambskin · cowhide · pigskin · full-grain · aniline

machining

lathe

Rotating shaping machine

millingProcessing grain mechanically
turningAct of rotating
planingRemoving surface material

shaping · cutting · grinding · chamfering · deburring · tooling · metalwork · CNC · facing · boring

skiving

bunking

hooky

paring

lathe

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