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skip

1  [skip] verb, skipped, skip⋅ping, noun
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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.
11. Informal. to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place): They skipped town.
–noun
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.
17. Informal. a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities.
—Verb phrase
18. skip out on, Informal. to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) ME skippen, perh. < ON skopa to run (cf. Icel skoppa to skip); (n.) late ME skyppe, deriv. 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.

skip

2  [skip] noun, verb, skipped, skip⋅ping.
–noun
1. the captain of a curling or bowling team.
2. Informal. skipper 1 .
–verb (used with object)
3. to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).
4. Informal. skipper 1 .
Origin:
1820–30; short for skipper 1
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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skip   (skĭp)   
v.   skipped, skip·ping, skips

v.   intr.

    1. To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.

    2. To leap lightly about.

  2. To bounce over or be deflected from a surface; skim or ricochet.

  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.

  4. To be promoted in school beyond the next regular class or grade.

  5. Informal To leave hastily; abscond: skipped out of town.

  6. To misfire. Used of an engine.

v.   tr.

  1. To leap or jump lightly over: skip rope.

    1. To pass over without mentioning; omit: skipped the minor details of the story.

    2. To miss or omit as one in a series: My heart skipped a beat.

  3. To cause to bounce lightly over a surface; skim.

  4. To be promoted beyond (the next grade or level).

  5. Informal To leave hastily: The fugitive skipped town.

  6. Informal To fail to attend: We skipped science class again.

n.  

  1. A leaping or jumping movement, especially a gait in which hops and steps alternate.

  2. An act of passing over something; an omission.


[Middle English skippen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
skip'pa·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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