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Shifty, sleazy, creepy, dirty, dodgy, nasty.
1)"Have you seen Britney Spears' latest husband? Ugh, he's so skeevy. How could she BREED with someone like that?"

2)"Eeeew, look at that skeevy guy over there with the white plastic shoes. Oh my God, is his hair slicked back with VASELINE? I can almost smell the Brut from here."

3)"Of course there's no guarantee. He bought the thing from some skeevy dude in an alley."
skeevy by Fior August 30, 2005
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From the Italian word "schifoso" meaning disgusting, detestable, rotten, repulsive, foul, hideous, loathsome, distasteful, lousy, filthy.
A word used to describe things or people that are generally gross. Appropriate when talking about things that are unclassy, greasy, unsanitary, and overall undesirable and nasty.
Greasy people are skeevy.
Gross things skeeve you out.
skeevy by wordsmaster November 3, 2012
adj. Sleazy, disgusting, distasteful, shady, gross, creepy, icky. This slang word was popular in Brooklyn, NY, USA in the 1950's and 1960's. It comes from the Italian word Schifo; meaning, 'disgust'.

The word also came from a twitter message written by New Kids on the Block member, Jonathan Knight, on July 11th, 2009 around 9:45 AM, EST as a reply to "jordan_doll" who seemed to have doubted the existence of this word in the vernacular. Little did "jordan_doll" know, that indeed, Jonathan was right, as it IS a word with a real definition, and a very old history of it as well! :D
@JonathanRKnight said: "Hotel beds are skeevy... in Vegas the skeevyiest of all! Trying to sleep, but keep thinking I'm lying on a protein sponge!"

@Jordan_doll inadvertently used the conjugated form of the word "skeevy" in his reply to Jonathan, when he said: "Skeevyist?!? *looks in dictionary* nope can't find it"
Skeevy by PaoMiami July 11, 2009
"Maybe it's the skeevy look in your eyes, or that your mind has turned to applesauce ..." Janine's answer how she's resisting the singer's charm, from Steely Dan's "Cousin Dupree."
skeevy by Anastassiou January 21, 2004
"Girls don't fart, only skeevy stoners fart." Jay and Silent Bob Stike Back
skeevy by Jru August 17, 2003
the act of being sneaky, slimy, gross, snake-y, dodgy, shifty, weird, creepy
Evan from the bachelor was so skeevy.
I was so skeeved out when I saw that guy wearing socks and sandals.
That skeevy guy from last night wouldn't leave us alone.
skeevy by californiaaaaaaaaa October 26, 2016