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
  • Mitchell would have needed to shave two shots from his score.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Samsung has successively shaved a few millimeters off every year, taking a leap last year with the Z Fold 7.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 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
  • Those closures whittled the company's footprint down to about 70 locations in Arizona and Nevada, which will be permanently shuttered on Wednesday.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of whittle
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  • Cristopher Sanchez worked six effective innings to become the majors’ first 16-game winner as the Philadelphia Phillies nipped the visiting Miami Marlins 6-5 on Monday.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Once, when the curd did not set, Jaya Aunty did not do what Nidhi’s mother would have done—namely, shrug her shoulders and nip out to the store for a couple of squishy packets.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of nip
Verb
  • SpaceX is also modifying a Starship V3 to dock with NASA's Orion spacecraft as a part of the Artemis III mission to Earth orbit next year.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • A couple of miles south, things were much quieter (and pricier) at Grand Banks, a schooner turned oyster bar docked at Tribeca’s Pier 25, with views of the Statue of Liberty and the Freedom Tower.
    — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dock
Verb
  • Shares later pared some of the gains to trade at 883 yuan ($131) apiece at the morning close.
    — Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Shares had jumped nearly 630% before paring gains to close at 845 yuan.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of pare
Verb
  • To help prevent the fabric around the drawstring hole from fraying, paint a rectangle and snip an opening in the channel as described below.
    — Jodi Levine, Parents, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The post was private but was snipped and disseminated on social media before it was deleted less than an hour later.
    — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of snip
Verb
  • Southwestern Minnesota will see a few more clouds, and could get clipped by a few showers in the early hours.
    — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Mastering the clipping economy Some of Ossoff’s newfound fans know him mostly from clips — one or two-minute-long videos that travel wide and far on social media platforms.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of clip

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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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