skive

verb

Definition of skivenext
as in to shave

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Recent Examples of skive The graduation ceremony and the reception afterward are cute and heartwarming for the grown-ups, bittersweet and mortifying for the kids, who skive off to smoke some of Ed’s high-test weed and have a little Texas Forever moment, toasting their enduring friendships. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skive
  1. shave
  2. shear
  3. whittle
  4. nip
  5. dock
  6. pare
  7. snip
  8. clip
Verb
  • The film begins with the religious question of whether young Ilyas is allowed to shave the bristles on his upper lip, leading to a consistent self-consciousness, which appears (and re-appears) as Ilyas imagining extreme close-ups of hair and skin.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Companies have spent decades racing to shave seconds off the checkout line, the drive-through, the loading spinner.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of shave
Verb
  • Cotton/polyester fleece are brushed, sheared and sueded for a buttery soft hand feel.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
  • The fledgling storm was affected by shearing winds that forecasters expected to prevent it from building into the kind of hurricane that can sometimes quickly develop in the Gulf just offshore.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of shear
Verb
  • As the drugs whittle waistlines, their impact is rippling beyond the bathroom scale and into a surprisingly wide swath of American life.
    — Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026
  • This man is whittling a star for the tree and standing up for eldest daughters everywhere?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 July 2026
Definition of whittle
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  • Before the call, Sinclair reported mixed results for the April-to-June period, nipping analysts’ consensus revenue forecast but falling short of estimates for net losses per share.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The knack for nipping past players and burning into attacking areas has been one of his strengths.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of nip
Verb
  • Balestrand is full of old stories and not nearly as many tourists as Bergen or Flåm, since no cruise ships dock there.
    — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • However, some may tender while others dock depending on port conditions, the ship’s size and other factors.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Definition of dock
Verb
  • Kratos Defense & Security Solutions — The maker of unmanned systems for the military rose as much as 8% postmarket before paring that advance.
    — Darla Mercado, CFP®,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But the necessity of paring down such a massive event has the effect of flattening the very elements that ought to give it its texture and heft — namely, the people involved.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of pare
Verb
  • Harvest sage by snipping one leaf at a time with scissors or cutting off an entire stem just above a node.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2026
  • As long as the tomato plant is nearing its mature height, go ahead and use your pruning shears to snip off the lower branches up to a height of about 12 to 16 inches from the ground.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 18 July 2026
Definition of snip
Verb
  • Onwurah wrote the film in a time of fury over a news clipping.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
  • The busy section of road had been closed since July 13, when a truck traveling east clipped the underside of the span.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 30 July 2026
Definition of clip

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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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