WORK HARDto avoid work or school by staying away or leaving without permission 逃避工作，旷工；逃学，旷课 → play truant
—skiver noun [countableC]
Examples from the Corpus
skive• She says she's been ill for the past week, but I think she's just skiving.• Barry had most likely told her he was skiving.• There is no way that I could skive a session, even if I wanted to, wearing my yellow and tartan suit!• Harry's going to get into trouble if he keeps skiving off on Friday afternoons.
Originskive
(1900-2000) Perhaps from Frenchesquiver“to get away secretly”