skip
1to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes: He skipped through the book quickly.
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.
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.
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
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.
skip out on, Informal. to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children.
Origin of skip
1synonym study For skip
Other words for skip
Other words from skip
- skip·ping·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with skip
Other definitions for skip (2 of 3)
the captain of a curling or bowling team.
Informal. skipper1 (def. 1).
to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).
Informal. skipper1 (def. 3).
Origin of skip
2How to use skip in a sentence
She has entered the building, her big white head bobbing and tilting as she walks—almost skips—across the room.
Explosion of Cute: Inside the Superfan Mania of Hello Kitty Con 2014 | Sarah Bay Williams | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd that even skips right over the biggest, biggest issue with Selfie, which is its aforementioned abominable title.
‘Selfie’ Is Both a Brilliant and Terrible TV Show | Kevin Fallon | September 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the “years later” is key to the telling of the story—the phrase skips over all the boring stuff.
“Most nonfiction skips the confusions,” he rightfully concluded.
Stat-Happy News Ignores Journalism’s Need for Narrative | David Masciotra | May 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYet there is something unique about this kind of development that skips traditional stepping stone technologies.
To See the Progress in Afghanistan, Stop Viewing the Country Through a Western Lens | Sam Schneider | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
If I raise my head to stand up straight, a bullet skips about my ears.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieSkips of a third after or before one or more steps of a second are very common.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksSally accepts this quite contentedly, and immediately skips a great deal of unnecessary conversation.
Somehow Good | William de MorganA happy pair they were, when they set out,—Martin carrying the provisions, and Nelly singing and making flying skips beside him.
Nelly's First Schooldays | Josephine FranklinAnd they, scarlet with indignation and rage, gave hot skips like cats on hot bricks, and fled discomfited forwards.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence
British Dictionary definitions for skip (1 of 4)
/ (skɪp) /
(when intr, 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
(intr foll by through) informal to read or deal with quickly or superficially: he skipped through the accounts before dinner
(tr) informal to miss deliberately: to skip school
(tr) informal, mainly US and Canadian to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy: to skip town
a skipping movement or gait
the act of passing over or omitting
music, US and Canadian another word for leap (def. 10)
skip it! informal it doesn't matter!
Origin of skip
1- See also skip off
British Dictionary definitions for skip (2 of 4)
/ (skɪp) /
the captain of a curling or bowls team
British Dictionary definitions for skip (3 of 4)
/ (skɪp) /
a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
a cage used as a lift in mines, etc
Origin of skip
3British Dictionary definitions for skip (4 of 4)
/ (skɪp) /
a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin
Origin of skip
4Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with skip
In addition to the idioms beginning with skip
- skip bail
- skip it
- skip out
also see:
- heart misses (skips) a beat
- hop, skip, and a jump
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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