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skeev

skeev is the alternative form of skeeve.

Meaning of skeeve

Verb

skeeve (third-person singular simple present skeeves, present participle skeeving, simple past and past participle skeeved)

  1. (often, slang, transitive) To disgust or disturb.
    • His mother is repulsed by his uncle; he has heard her whisper it in the kitchen, "I skeeves him, Charley." She is Italian.1993, Pete Dexter, Brotherly Love, page 16
  2. (slang, transitive) To be disgusted or disturbed by.
    • You could put that needle in your arm? Man, I skeeve that like death.1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, Scribner, page 727
  3. (intransitive, slang) To be or become disgusted.
    • I remember Phil telling O'Maurigan after the Schuyler reading he's afraid I won't ever write a book— not because I'm lazy, or don't have the self-esteem, but because I skeeve on stealing.1993, James McCourt, Time Remaining, →ISBN, page 67

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Forms of skeev

Verb
third-person singular presentskeevs
present participleskeeving
past participleskeeved
pastskeeved
Noun
pluralskeevs

Questions about skeev

What is skeev the alternative form of?
Skeev is the alternative form of skeeve.

Words near skeev in the dictionary

  1. Skeetes
  2. skeeting
  3. skeeto
  4. skeetos
  5. skeets
  6. skeev
  7. skeeve
  8. skeeve out
  9. skeeved
  10. skeeved out
  11. skeeves

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