skip

[ skip ]

/ skɪp /

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verb (used without object), skipped, skip·ping.

to 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.

verb (used with object), skipped, skip·ping.

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.

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 Phrases

skip out on, Informal. to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children.

SYNONYMS FOR skip

1 caper, hop.

2 skim.

12 leap, spring, caper, hop.

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Origin of skip

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English verb skippen, perhaps from Old Norse skopa “to take a run” (compare Icelandic skoppa “to spin like a top, hop,” Swedish dialect skopa “to skip”); the noun is derivative of the verb

synonym study for skip

1. Skip, bound refer to an elastic, springing movement. To skip is to give a series of light, quick hops alternating the feet: to skip about. Bound suggests a series of long, rather vigorous leaps; it is also applied to a springing or leaping type of walking or running rapidly and actively: A dog came bounding up to meet him.

OTHER WORDS FROM skip

skip·ping·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH skip

hop, jump, skip

Words nearby skip

skin tag, skin test, skintight, skin traction, skin up, skip, ski pants, skip bail, skip-bomb, skip bombing, skip car

Definition for skip (2 of 3)

skip²

[ skip ]

/ skɪp /

noun

the captain of a curling or bowling team.

Informal. skipper¹ (def. 1).

verb (used with object), skipped, skip·ping.

to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).

Informal. skipper¹ (def. 3).

Origin of skip

First recorded in 1820–30; short for skipper¹

Definition for skip (3 of 3)

skip³

[ skip ]

/ skɪp /

noun

Mining. a metal box for carrying ore, hauled vertically or on an incline.

skip car.

Origin of skip

First recorded in 1805–15; alteration of skep

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Example sentences from the Web for skip

Ultimately, 2015 might be the year American anti-LGBT advocates wish they could skip.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But failing that, he advised pro-immigration reform Republican candidates such as former Gov. Jeb Bush to just skip the state.
Can This Republican Bring the GOP Back to Its Senses on Immigration?|Tim Mak|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the man appears so weary that I decide to skip the dull stuff and get to the heat.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The human attention span is evolving in such a way that they can skip around.
Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life|David Yaffe|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She jumped at the chance to watch RT, or jumped at the chance to skip calculus homework.
Up To a Point: Binge Watching Putin's Propaganda Network|P. J. O’Rourke|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not this year, cause he said the last year he did it, that now he could skip a year or two.
Natalie: A Garden Scout|Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Here, more specifically, are some features and successive phases,—unless the reader prefer to skip.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Rogers used to say that a man who attempts to read all the new publications must often do as the flea does—skip.
The Jest Book|Mark Lemon
It seems that the ex-convict, Skip Riley, had been a circus performer once upon a time, before he took to being a burglar.
Ted Strong's Motor Car|Edward C. Taylor
We have no need to follow our gipsies down the valley that takes two months in the traversing: we skip across the bridge.
Once Aboard The Lugger|Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson

British Dictionary definitions for skip (1 of 4)

skip¹

/ (skɪp) /

verb skips, skipping or skipped

(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 anotherhe skipped a chapter of the book

(intr foll by through) informal to read or deal with quickly or superficiallyhe skipped through the accounts before dinner

(tr) informal to miss deliberatelyto skip school

(tr) informal, mainly US and Canadian to leave (a place) in haste or secrecyto skip town

noun

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!

Word Origin for skip

C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse skopa to take a run, obsolete Swedish skuppa to skip

British Dictionary definitions for skip (2 of 4)

skip²

/ (skɪp) /

noun, verb skips, skipping or skipped

informal short for skipper 1

noun

the captain of a curling or bowls team

British Dictionary definitions for skip (3 of 4)

skip³

/ (skɪp) /

noun

a large open container for transporting building materials, etc

a cage used as a lift in mines, etc

Word Origin for skip

C19: variant of skep

British Dictionary definitions for skip (4 of 4)

skip⁴

/ (skɪp) /

noun

a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin

Word Origin for skip

C17: probably shortened from archaic skip-kennel a footman or lackey (from skip 1 + kennel ²)

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Idioms and Phrases with skip

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

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verb (used without object), skipped, skip·ping.

verb (used with object), skipped, skip·ping.