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skivering

skivering is the present participle and gerund of skiver.

Meaning of skiver

Verb

skiver (third-person singular simple present skivers, present participle skivering, simple past and past participle skivered)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, dialectal, informal) To skewer, impale.
    • […] it's I that wishes I could be sure 'twas malice, I'd skiver you, heels and elbows, on my sword, and roast you alive on that fire.1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “The Dead Secret, Showing how the Fire-worker Proved to Puddock that Nutter Had Spied Out the Nakedness of the Land”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I...

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What is skivering the present participle and gerund of?
Skivering is the present participle and gerund of skiver.

Words near skivering in the dictionary

  1. skive off
  2. skived
  3. skived off
  4. skiver
  5. skivered
  6. skivering
  7. skivers
  8. skives
  9. skives off
  10. skivies
  11. skiving

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