1skip1 (skɪp
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: skips, skipping, skipped
- intr, often foll by over, along, into, etc to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other
- (intr) to jump over a skipping-rope
- to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way
- to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another ⇒
he skipped a chapter of the book
- (intr) through informal to read or deal with quickly or superficially ⇒
he skipped through the accounts before dinner
- (tr) informal to miss deliberately ⇒
to skip school
- (tr) informal mainly US Canadian to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy ⇒
to skip town
noun
- a skipping movement or gait
- the act of passing over or omitting
- music US Canadian another word for leap (sense 10)
- See skip it!
See also
skip offWord Origin
C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse skopa to take a run, obsolete Swedish skuppa to skip3skip3 (skɪp)
Definitions
noun
- a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
- a cage used as a lift in mines, etc
Word Origin
C19: variant of skep4skip4 (skɪp)
Definitions
noun
- a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin
Word Origin
C17: probably shortened from archaic skip-kennel a footman or lackey (from skipC17: probably shortened from archaic a footman or lackey (from 1 + ²) + kennel²)Translations
- British English:
skip
If you skip along, you move along jumping from one foot to the other.We skipped down the street.skɪp VERB We skipped down the street.
- Spanish:
brincar
v
- French:
sautiller
vi
- German:
hüpfen
v
- Chinese: 跳过 vt
- Arabic: يَقْفِزُ vt
- Portuguese: saltar vt
- Russian: пропускать vt
- Croatian: preskočiti v
- Czech: skákat přes švihadlo vt
- Danish: springe over v
- Dutch: overslaan vt
- Finnish: hyppiä v
- Greek: παραλείπω v
- Italian: saltare v
- Japanese: 飛び跳ねる v
- Korean: ...을 가볍게 뛰어넘다 vt
- Norwegian: hoppe over v
- Polish: opuścić vt opuszczać
- Brazilian Portuguese: saltar vt
- European Spanish:
brincar
v
- Swedish: hoppa vt
- Thai: กระโดดโลดเต้น vt
- Turkish: atlamak vt
- Vietnamese: nhảy lò cò v
Usage examples
The pump suddenly kicked in, causing his own to skip a couple of beats.
, AMAGANSETT (2004)Don't get in the middle of a large-scale scrum, and skip your Rock imitation.
Maxim (2004)Ellis said one key investigator on the team decided to skip a family vacation to help out.
Globe and Mail (2003)Come to think of it, I might just have skipped the Creed, and I never skip.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)Readers who do not want this level of detail can skip to page 166 for examples suppliers gave me of supermarket requests for money.
, SHOPPED: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets (2004)