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skip


Definition: Meaning of, skip in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / skɪp /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
skip skipped skipped
Present Participle Third Person Singular
skipping skips
  1. not do something [transitive] informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do [=  miss]
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  2. not deal with something [intransitive and transitive] to not read, mention, or deal with something that would normally come or happen next
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  3. change subjects [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go from one subject to another in no fixed order
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  4. movement [intransitive] to move forward with quick steps and jumps
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  5. jump over a rope [intransitive] to jump over a rope as you swing it over your head and under your feet, as a game or for exercise [=  jump rope American English]
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  6. skip town/skip the country informal to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts
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  7. skip it! spoken informal especially American English used to say angrily and rudely that you do not want to talk about something
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  8. skip rocks/stones American English to throw smooth, flat stones into a lake, river etc in a way that makes them jump across the surface [=  skim British English]
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  9. ball [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a ball or something similar skips off a surface, it quickly moves away from that surface after hitting it - used especially in news reports
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  10. skip a year/grade to start a new school year in a class that is one year ahead of the class you would normally enter
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Singular Plural
skip skips
[countable]
  1. a skipping movement
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  2. British English a large container for bricks, wood, and similar heavy waste [=  dumpster American English]
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skip used in phrases

  • hop-skip (verb)
    1. jump lightly
  • skip distance (noun)
    1. of a given frequency the shortest distance that permits radio signals to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere
  • skip over (verb)
    1. bypass
  • skip rope (noun)
    1. usually with handles on each end a length of rope that is swung around while someone jumps over it
  • skip town (verb)
    1. idiom disappear without notifying anyone
  • skip-bomb (verb)
    1. attack with delayed release bombs
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