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Skip Meaning & Definition
Skip Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Skip?

[n] a mistake resulting from neglect
[n] a gait in which steps and hops alternate
[v] bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
[v] cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
[v] bound off one point after another
[v] jump lightly
[v] leave suddenly (very informal usage); "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
[v] intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Skip: bound off | cut | decamp | hop | hop-skip | jump | omission | pass over | skim | skip over | skitter | vamoose

Related Terms | Find terms related to Skip:

See Also | bestride | bounce | bound | climb on | drop | error | failure | fault | gait | get on | go away | go forth | hop on | jump | jump on | leap | leave | leave out | miss | miss | mistake | mount | mount up | neglect | omit | overleap | overlook | pass over | pretermit | rebound | recoil | resile | reverberate | ricochet | skip | skip over | spring | take a hop | throw

Skip In Webster's Dictionary

\Skip\, n. [See {Skep}.] 1. A basket. See {Skep}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. 3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. 4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans. 5. A beehive; a skep.
\Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Skipping}.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.] 1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope. So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne. 2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
\Skip\, v. t. 1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. 2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. --Bp. Burnet. 3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
\Skip\, n. 1. A light leap or bound. 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. --Busby. {Skip kennel}, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift. {Skip mackerel}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Bluefish}, 1.

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