Skew

What do we mean by skew?

To turn or place at an angle. intransitive verb

To give a bias to; distort. intransitive verb

To take an oblique course or direction. intransitive verb

To look obliquely or sideways. intransitive verb

To display a statistical tendency toward. intransitive verb

Placed or turned to one side; asymmetric. adjective

Distorted or biased in meaning or effect. adjective

Having a part that diverges, as in gearing. adjective

Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space. adjective

Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions. adjective

An oblique or slanting movement, position, or direction. noun

To turn aside; slip or fall away; escape.

To start aside; swerve; shy, as a horse.

To move or go obliquely; sidle.

To look obliquely; squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.

To turn aside; give an oblique direction to; hence, to distort; put askew.

To shape or form in an oblique way.

To throw or hurl obliquely.

To throw violently. Compare shy.

Something that has an oblique or slanted position.

An oblique or sideways movement.

A bias or distortion in a particular direction.

A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.

A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.

School, any form of. Urban Dictionary

A paintball term similar to "agg" but on the opposite coast of the united states "skew" is being southern and a bit redneck whilst playing. "SKEW" or the emphasized "SKEEEEEEWWWWWWWW", was started by Team Majestic out of southern Georgia, and has recently began to catch on. can also be used as a greeting to other people who are "skew" as well. Urban Dictionary

The method to alter an image while editing in Photoshop. Urban Dictionary

Something that is wrecked/bad. Urban Dictionary

Meaning ew came from peterlee, north east england, Urban Dictionary

Stupid, dumbass, worthy of getting punched in the balls, monkey, the action of getting punched in the balls Urban Dictionary

When you punch someone so hard their face become arranged and tilted to one side. Urban Dictionary

Weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc. Having too much flabby tissue Urban Dictionary

Skew is largely used in McMinnville, Tennessee. A word used for happiness or when something good has happened. Urban Dictionary

Suddenly change direction or position. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to skew:
skew.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word skew:
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Words that rhyme with skew:
to, through, blue, into, do, you, que, view, pursue, hew, purview, review, queue, eschew, accrue, cue, new, true, due, two, screw, coup, rue, slew, revenue, shoe, imbue, crew, too, u, hue, lieu, tissue, ensue, stew, few, rendezvous, construe, avenue, breakthrough, guru, brew, debut, sue, who, ado, boo, flu, hitherto, strew, woo, overview, shrew, taboo, ewe, yahoo, glue, coo, bamboo, subdue, clue, loo, redo, outdo, undo, tattoo, retinue, poo, undue, pew, spew, thru, askew, adieu, vue, q, ingenue, goo, statue, interview, lulu, dew, barbecue, anew, vu, yew, cuckoo, renew, canoe, xu, emu, residue, chew, shue, gnu, flue, mew, zoo, overdo, roux.

Adjectives that are often used to describe skew:
positive, negative, marital, slight, reproductive, strong, clock, high, maximum, right, large, significant, low, extreme, marked, left, greater, excessive, pronounced, considerable, signal, minimum, global, zero, allowable, substantial, horizontal, possible, reverse, dynamic, minimal, male, forward, case, severe, less, regional, definite, moderate, distinct, upward, relative, generalized, rightward, acceptable, systematic, implied, tolerable, worst, peak, overall, characteristic, demographic, vertical, sharp, useful, obvious, static, degree, delay, apparent, weighted, leftward, hand, racial, observed, peculiar, massive, synchronous, happy, intentional, permissible, controllable, inclusive.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective skew:
deviation, lines, chisel, distribution, angle, distributions, rays, bridge, symmetry, back, arches, bridges, curve, backs, gears, curves, arch, ray, matrix, angles, coefficient, gear, chisels, functions, field, results, values, line, surface, factor, problem, plates, value, problems, axes, quadrilateral, scattering, variation, correction, scheduling, spans, wheels, data, fields, quadrupoles, bevels, deviations, plate, product, models, error, parameter, plane, detection, correlation, tensor, coefficients, slabs, bevel, eyes, increases, gearing, nailing, surfaces, figure, span, tolerance, errors, conformation, matrices, distance, planes, determinant, optimization, polygon, pattern, slab, budget, patterns, component, shafts, whiff, heaps, polygons, diagram.

Words that sound like skew:
skew, screw, askew, skewed, skewer, sku, squaw, squab, squa, eskew, squee, see you, scute, skews, scu, escue, ayscue, scru, skewes, say you, scuse, seiyu, skue, syu, secu, c u, iq, icu, accu, occu, ecu, acu, i q, skua, ocu, iqu, skia, skio, skiey, sky, ski, scurry, see ya, ska, skye, scree, skie, skee, scow, sco, scry, sca, sgo, scray, cka, sga, sko, skow, skay, scoe, scra, squ, scrow, squoosh, cko, ceja, saia, scraw, sky high, scro, suya, scie, sgro, skurry, skreigh, schi, scaw, skah, skea, suja, sqa, skai, say yeah, skyey, sijo, skaw, tsco, screy, scri, scrie, suyo, swu, sski, soia, cqa, scta, skeigh, sqi, dcu, gcu.