skip | ||
1. | [ verb ] bypass | |
Synonyms: | pass_over skip_over jump | |
Examples: | "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
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Related terms: | neglect | |
2. | [ verb ] jump lightly | |
Synonyms: | hop hop-skip | |
Related terms: | jump jump hop_on hopper hop hopper | |
3. | [ verb ] intentionally fail to attend | |
Synonyms: | cut | |
Examples: | : "cut class" |
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Related terms: | miss bunk_off omission | |
4. | [ verb ] cause to skip over a surface | |
Synonyms: | skitter skim | |
Examples: | : "Skip a stone across the pond" |
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Related terms: | throw | |
5. | [ verb ] bound off one point after another | |
Synonyms: | bound_off | |
Related terms: | bounce | |
6. | [ noun ] a gait in which steps and hops alternate | |
Related terms: | gait hop | |
7. | [ verb ] leave suddenly (very informal usage) | |
Synonyms: | vamoose decamp | |
Examples: | "She persuaded him to decamp" "skip town" |
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Related terms: | leave colloquialism | |
8. | [ noun ] a mistake resulting from neglect | |
Synonyms: | omission | |
Related terms: | mistake failure cut | |
Similar spelling: |
skep |