Skive By, Skive-By or Skiveby
(Skive - A British slang word for for evading a responsibility or task, avoiding work by staying away or leaving early; it's often heard in the form "skive off")
Based on word Drive-By (as in Drive-by shooting)
To visit your parents or friend(s) for a favour (usually money, possibly drugs) of purely selfish and non-essential nature.Say, to borrow money to spend on a night out with friends rather than for urgent bills or an emergency.
To visit someone purely for self gain , to get something, rather than out of niceness or friendship
"I just have to do a Skive By of my mums so i can get some booze tonight" Said Karen after picking up Lucy for a big night out.
Justin did a Skive-by of Warrens, he knew warren would have some extacy pipes to sell.
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Riley: Hey Manny Wanna Go Skiveing
Manny: Sure
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"you two are gonna make me wanna skive if you keep this up...you're practically having sex right here in the theater! I mean....get a room already!!"
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Danish slang for snuff (a form of tobacco). mostly heard about on a danish boarding school.
person 1: can I have a "skive"?
person 2: sry only have one left
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The action of tripping or otherwise stumbling while running in an attempt to skive off work or avoid someone who will confront you about said skiving, ending up on the floor.
Yeah, he tripped right over the rug and faceplanted running. That's dedication to skive diving.
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To skip or play hooky
Letβs skive off school and get McDonalds!
To pull a bunk, or skive, from official commitments to play the latest multiplayer game on XBox Live (or equivalent multiplayer network).
"I've got Live Skive tomorrow. Just a few more games to get my 50, then I'll be a General."