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   skip

   /skɪp/

   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
   • 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"
   • ▪ jump over (a rope that is being turned): North American "the younger girls had been skipping rope"
   • ▪ jump lightly over: "the children used to skip the puddles"
   • 3. 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
   • ▪ move quickly and in an unmethodical way from one point or subject to another: "Marian skipped half-heartedly through the book" Similar glance athave a quick look atflick throughflip throughleaf throughscanrun one's eye overOpposite pore over
   • 4. 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
   • ▪ abandon an undertaking, conversation, or activity: informal "after several wrong turns in our journey, we almost decided to skip it"
   • ▪ run away; disappear: informal "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
   • ▪ depart quickly and secretly from: informal "she skipped her home amid rumours of a romance"
   • 5. throw (a stone) so that it ricochets off the surface of water: "they skipped stones across the creek"

   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.
   • 3. a person who is missing, especially one who has defaulted on a debt. informal North American

   Word Origin Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSKIP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     SKIP meaning: 1. to move lightly and quickly, making a small...

   • Skip: Italian Translation

     skip translate: saltare, salterellare, saltare con la corda,...

   • Skip: German Translation

     skip translate: hüpfen, seilhüpfen, auslassen. Learn more in...

   • Portuguese Translation

     SKIP translate: ir dando saltos, brincar, pular corda,...

   • Skip: French Translation

     SKIP translate: sauter, s’éparpiller, sautiller, sauter à la...

   • Znaczenie Skip, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     skip definicja: 1. to move lightly and quickly, making a...

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   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.

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8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSKIP | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   Skip can be a verb or a noun with different meanings. As a verb, it can mean to move forward by jumping, to jump over a rope, to not do something, or to avoid something. As a noun, it can mean a large metal container for rubbish or a movement of jumping.