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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 Opposite
- 2. jump over a rope which 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: British "training was centred on running and skipping"
noun
- 1. a light, bouncing step; a skipping movement: "he moved with a strange, dancing skip"
- 2. an act of passing over part of a sequence of data or instructions.
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SKIP definition: 1. to move lightly and quickly, making a small jump after each step: 2. to jump lightly over a…. Learn more.
The meaning of SKIP is to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip. How to use skip in a sentence.
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.
Definition of skip verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. 13.
a. To move by hopping on one foot and then the other. b. To leap lightly about. 2. To bounce over or be deflected from a surface; skim or ricochet: threw the stone so it skipped over the water. 3. To pass from point to point, omitting or disregarding what intervenes: skipped through the list hurriedly; skipping over the dull passages in the novel.
SKIP definition: 1. to move forward, jumping quickly from one foot to the other: 2. to jump over a rope while you…. Learn more.
When you skip, you do a little hop from foot to foot as you move along. It's pretty common to see little kids skip down the sidewalk or across the playground. While a happy, running hop is one kind of skip , you can also use this verb to mean "pass up" or "pass over."
skip meaning, definition, what is skip: to not do something that you usually do ...: Learn more.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. skipped, skipping, skips. To leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot and then the other. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To leap lightly about. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To be deflected from a surface; ricochet. Webster's New World.
