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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.
EXPANDto send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.
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COLLAPSEInformal. to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place): They skipped town.
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Skippingly
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noun
Verb phrase12.
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.
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Music. a melodic interval greater than a second.
16.
EXPANDa natural depression below the surface of a planed board.
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COLLAPSEInformal. a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities.
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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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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
EXPANDcustom 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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