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skip
1[ skip ]
verb (used without object)
- to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
Synonyms: ,
- to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes:
He skipped through the book quickly.
Synonyms:
- to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice.
- Education. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once.
- to ricochet or bounce along a surface:
The stone skipped over the lake.
verb (used with object)
- to jump lightly over:
The horse skipped the fence.
- to pass over without reading, noting, acting, etc.:
He skipped the bad parts.
- to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions):
My heart skipped a beat.
- to be absent from; avoid attendance at:
to skip a school class.
- to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.
- Informal. to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place):
They skipped town.
noun
- a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a gait marked by such jumps.
- a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes:
a quick skip through Europe.
- Music. a melodic interval greater than a second.
- a natural depression below the surface of a planed board.
- Informal. a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities.
verb phrase
- Informal. to flee or abandon; desert:
He skipped out on his wife and two children.
skip
2[ skip ]
noun
- the captain of a curling or bowling team.
- Informal. skipper 1( def 1 ).
verb (used with object)
- to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).
- Informal. skipper 1( def 3 ).
skip
3[ skip ]
noun
- Mining. a metal box for carrying ore, hauled vertically or on an incline.
skip
1/ ɪ /
verb
- whenintr, often foll by over, along, into, etc to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other
- intr to jump over a skipping-rope
- to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way
- to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another
he skipped a chapter of the book
- informal.intrfoll bythrough to read or deal with quickly or superficially
he skipped through the accounts before dinner
- informal.tr to miss deliberately
to skip school
- informal.tr to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy
to skip town
noun
- a skipping movement or gait
- the act of passing over or omitting
- music another word for leap
- skip it! informal.it doesn't matter!
skip
2/ ɪ /
noun
- informal.short for skipper 1
noun
- the captain of a curling or bowls team
skip
3/ ɪ /
noun
- a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
- a cage used as a lift in mines, etc
skip
4/ ɪ /
noun
- a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin
Other 51Թ Forms
- 쾱pԲ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of skip1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of skip1
Origin of skip2
Origin of skip3
Idioms and Phrases
- heart misses (skips) a beat
- hop, skip, and a jump
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The artist had shoved large yellow insulation strips into a skip that now looked like a fast-food container that the seagull divebombed to steal chips.
Watching it is like seeing a waiter skip over with a covered silver platter, only to remove the top to reveal a watered-down, Cocomelon-level satire for iPad babies, dripping from the dish.
After striking out the side in the first, he simply skipped his way back to the dugout.
For those who prefer to skip the booze, look out for the New Bar and its candy-apple-red storefront.
The sushi rolls were great, too, but I’d skip the crispy rice dish.
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