 skip |
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| 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 |
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