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   Skip

   /skip/

   

   verb

   • 1. move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce: "she began to skip down the path" Similar caperprancetripdanceboundjumpleapspringhopbouncegambolfriskrompcavortbobrare:curvetOpposite trudge
   • ▪ jump over a rope that is held at both ends by oneself or two other people and turned repeatedly over the head and under the feet, as a game or for exercise.
   • ▪ jump over (a rope) as a game or for exercise: "the girls had been skipping rope"
   • ▪ jump lightly over: "the children used to skip the puddles"
   • ▪ omit (part of a book that one is reading, or a stage in a sequence that one is following): "the video manual allows the viewer to skip sections he's not interested in" Similar omitleave outmiss outdispense withdo withoutpass overbypassskim oversteer clear ofdisregardignoreinformal:give something a missOpposite include
   • ▪ fail to attend or deal with as appropriate; miss: "I wanted to skip my English lesson to visit my mother" Similar fail to attendplay truant frommissabsent oneself fromtake French leave fromcutinformal:skive offwagplay hooky fromgoof offplay the wag fromOpposite attend
   • ▪ move quickly and in an unmethodical way from one point or subject to another: "Marian skipped halfheartedly through the book" Similar glance athave a quick look atflick throughflip throughleaf throughscanrun one's eye overOpposite pore over
   • ▪ depart quickly and secretly from: "she skipped her home amid rumors of a romance"
   • ▪ run away; disappear: "I'm not giving them a chance to skip off again" Similar run offrun awaydo a disappearing actmake offtake offinformal:beat itclear offvamooseskedaddlesplitcut and runfly the coopdo a fadedo a runnerdo a bunkscarperlight outcut outtake a powdergo throughshoot throughvulgar slang:bugger offOpposite staystay put
   • ▪ abandon an undertaking, conversation, or activity: "after several wrong turns in our journey, we almost decided to skip it"
   • ▪ throw (a stone) so that it ricochets off the surface of water.

   noun

   • 1. a light, bouncing step; a skipping movement: "he moved with a strange, dancing skip"
   • ▪ an act of passing over part of a sequence of data or instructions.
   • ▪ a person who is missing, especially one who has defaulted on a debt.

   Word Origin Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   Skip is a verb that means to move lightly by hops, to pass over something quickly, or to avoid something. It can also be a noun for a jump, a musical interval, or a person who flees. Learn more about its origin, synonyms, and usage examples.

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   2 days ago · Skip is a verb that means to move or jump lightly, to jump over a rope, to omit or pass over something, or to leave hurriedly. It can also be a noun for a metal container or a skipping movement. See synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples.

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   Definitions of skip. verb. jump lightly. synonyms: hop, hop-skip. see more. verb. cause to skip over a surface. “ Skip a stone across the pond” synonyms: skim, skitter. see more. verb. bound off one point after another. synonyms: bound off. see more. verb. bypass. “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”