Word of the Day 7 September 2026

skiving

A type of machining that skives metal, with various applications including gear cutting.

Why this one

Machining that shaves metal away in a continuous layer. Also British slang for avoiding work, from an entirely unrelated root.

In use

We're skiving the internal splines on that hub now, beats broaching it when the run's only forty parts.

Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.

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