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.

Nearby words

skinny, skinny-dip, skinny-dipping, skint, skintight, skip, skip bail, skip car, skip distance, skip it, skip off

Origin of skip

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English skippen, perhaps < Old Norse skopa to run (compare Icelandic skoppa to skip); (noun) late Middle English skyppe, derivative of the v.

SYNONYMS FOR skip

1 caper, hop. 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.

2 skim.

12 leap, spring, caper, hop.

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Related formsskip·ping·ly, adverb

Can be confusedhop jump skip (see synonym study at jump) (see synonym study at the current entry)

Definition for skipping (2 of 2)

skip

[ skip ]

/ skɪp /

noun

the captain of a curling or bowling team.

Informal. skipper¹.

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

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

Informal. skipper¹.

Origin of skip

First recorded in 1820–30; short for skipper¹

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Examples from the Web for skipping

Skipping work, pulling the kids out of school—all of these decisions have lasting consequences.
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And an increasing number of women are skipping the hospital altogether.
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Ignore the talk about purity tests, progressive cred, and skipping to a post-presidency status.
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At 13, he was already headed for trouble, skipping school and getting into drugs.
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If you muttered, “blasphemy” after reading the first tip about skipping a snack, then snack smart.
6 Ways to Avoid ‘Sochi Gut’ While Watching the Olympics|Jenna A. Bell|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What skipping and scrambling there was; what trunk bridges and ladders of roots!
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What screwing of fiddle-pegs, nimble motion of elbows and long-sustained dancing and skipping.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland|Daniel Turner Holmes
Skipping out from the party, he hunted up the deputy, and told him that one of the hunted man's confederates was in the camp.
My Native Land|James Cox
The last member of the team, after skipping the rope forward to the distance line, returns across the base line, ending the event.
School, Church, and Home Games|George O. Draper
Would the skipping one,” said Eaglenose, with a sharp look, “like to have a hubsind?
The Prairie Chief|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for skipping (1 of 5)

skipping

/ (ˈskɪpɪŋ) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for skipping (2 of 5)

skip

/ (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 skipping (3 of 5)

skip

/ (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 skipping (4 of 5)

skip

/ (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 skipping (5 of 5)

skip

⁴

/ (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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Word Origin and History for skipping (1 of 3)

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.

Word Origin and History for skipping (1 of 3)

skip

n.2

short for skipper (n.1), 1830, originally in sports jargon (curling).

Word Origin and History for skipping (2 of 3)

skip

n.1

"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

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

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