skip
1- 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.
- 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
1Synonyms for skip
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comskip
2- the captain of a curling or bowling team.
- Informal. skipper1.
- to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).
- Informal. skipper1.
Origin of skip
2Related Words for skipping
fly, bound, dance, scamper, skitter, ricochet, leap, skim, scoot, hop, glance, carom, escape, eschew, caper, canter, run, cavort, skedaddle, buckExamples from the Web for skipping
Contemporary Examples of skipping
Skipping work, pulling the kids out of school—all of these decisions have lasting consequences.
And an increasing number of women are skipping the hospital altogether.
Ignore the talk about purity tests, progressive cred, and skipping to a post-presidency status.
At 13, he was already headed for trouble, skipping school and getting into drugs.
If you muttered, “blasphemy” after reading the first tip about skipping a snack, then snack smart.
Historical Examples of skipping
Look again, fellows, and see if they show any signs of skipping.
The Boy Scouts on Belgian BattlefieldsLieut. Howard Payson
I was always laughing and skipping about like a featherbrain.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
Her heels in the air like little girls playing at skipping, and crying "Father!"
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
Here is where the art of skipping is to be rigorously applied.
A Book for All ReadersAinsworth Rand Spofford
She hurried away, skipping toward the dressing room building.
Spring StreetJames H. Richardson
skipping
- the act of jumping over a rope that is held and swung either by the person jumping or by two other people, as a game or for exercise
skip
1- (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
- 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
skip
2- informal short for skipper 1
- the captain of a curling or bowls team
skip
3- a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
- a cage used as a lift in mines, etc
Word Origin for skip
skip
4- a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin
Word Origin for skip
Word Origin and History for skipping
skip
c.1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse skopa "to take a run," Middle Swedish skuppa "to skip, leap," from Proto-Germanic *skupan (cf. Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Related: Skipped; skipping.
Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. Meaning "to cause to skip or bound" is from 1680s. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.
skip
short for skipper (n.1), 1830, originally in sports jargon (curling).
skip
"a spring, a bound," early 15c., from skip (v.). Meaning "a passing over or disregarding" is from 1650s.
Idioms and Phrases with skipping
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