skipping
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verb (used without object)
1.
to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
2.
to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes: He skipped through the book quickly.
3.
to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice.
4.
Education. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once.
5.
to ricochet or bounce along a surface: The stone skipped over the lake.
verb (used with object)
6.
to jump lightly over: The horse skipped the fence.
7.
to pass over without reading, noting, acting, etc.: He skipped the bad parts.
8.
to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions): My heart skipped a beat.
9.
to be absent from; avoid attendance at: to skip a school class.
10.
to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.
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noun
Verb phrases 12.
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
13.
a gait marked by such jumps.
14.
a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes: a quick skip through Europe.
15.
Music. a melodic interval greater than a second.
16.
a natural depression below the surface of a planed board.
18.
skip out on, Informal. to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children.
Origin:
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.
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.
Related forms
skip·ping·ly, adverb
Synonyms
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.
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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skip1 (skɪp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (when intr, | |
| 1. | to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other |
| 2. | (intr) to jump over a skipping-rope |
| 3. | to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way |
| 4. | to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another: he skipped a chapter of the book |
| 5. | informal to read or deal with quickly or superficially: he skipped through the accounts before dinner |
| 6. | informal (tr) to miss deliberately: to skip school |
| 7. | informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) (tr) to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy: to skip town |
| —n | |
| 8. | a skipping movement or gait |
| 9. | the act of passing over or omitting |
| 10. | (US), (Canadian) music another word for leap |
| 11. | informal skip it! it doesn't matter! |
| [C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse skopa to take a run, obsolete Swedish skuppa to skip] | |
| skip2 (skɪp) | |
| —n, —vb , skips, skipping, skipped | |
| 1. | informal short for skipper |
| —n | |
| 2. | the captain of a curling or bowls team |
| skip3 (skɪp) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a large open container for transporting building materials, etc |
| 2. | a cage used as a lift in mines, etc |
| [C19: variant of | |
| skip4 (skɪp) | |
| —n | |
| a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin | |
| [C17: probably shortened from archaic skip-kennel a footman or lackey (from | |
| skipping (ˈskɪpɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 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 | |
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Word Origin & History
skip
c.1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from O.N. skopa "to skip, run," from P.Gmc. *skupanan (cf. M.Swed. skuppa, dial. Swed. skopa "to skip, leap"). Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded c.1385. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. The noun is attested from c.1440. The
custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.
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Slang Dictionary
skip (out) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
The quantum jumps introduce relative space frame skipping consistent with relativity effects.
Its resilience during the global downturn was in part caused by its skipping the pre-crisis trade boom.
She found herself skipping his military dissertations, which were still as long and written in as handsome a hand as ever.
One brave shot a musket ball across their bow, skipping it over the water.
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