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skip
- pronunciation:
- skIp
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
skipped, skipping, skips |
| definition 1: |
to jump forward lightly by sliding and hopping on each foot alternately.
She was so happy she skipped all the way home.- synonyms:
- caper, frisk, gambol, trip
- similar words:
- bounce, bound, frolic, hop, romp
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| definition 2: |
to jump about from one thing to another, ignoring or leaving out intervening or connective material.
She skipped from one idea to the next and gave the impression that she was very disorganized in her thinking.- synonyms:
- flit, jump
- similar words:
- dart, pass
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| definition 3: |
to bounce lightly over or along a surface.
The boat skipped across the waves.- synonyms:
- bounce, carom, ricochet
- similar words:
- bob, dart, rebound, scoot, scud, spank
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| definition 4: |
(informal) to leave secretly and in haste (often fol. by out).
We skipped out of that boring banquet as soon as we could.- synonyms:
- abscond, fly the coop
- similar words:
- dodge, duck out, escape, evade, flee, leave, skedaddle, slip out
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| related words: |
abscond, caper, dance, gambol, leap, run |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to jump or pass lightly over without touching or lingering on.
He skipped the second step.- synonyms:
- jump
- similar words:
- leap, miss, overlook, span, traverse
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| definition 2: |
to miss or omit (one or more steps in a series).
She skipped the fourth grade.- similar words:
- avoid, jump, miss, omit
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| definition 3: |
to fail to attend (a class, meeting, or the like).
- synonyms:
- cut, play hooky from
- similar words:
- ditch, miss
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| definition 4: |
to cause to skim across the surface, esp. of water.
The children like to skip stones across the river.- synonyms:
- skim
- similar words:
- dart
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| related words: |
bounce, disregard, exclude, forgo, jump |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a skipping step, gait, or bounce.
- synonyms:
- bounce, bound, jump, ricochet, spring
- similar words:
- trip
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| definition 2: |
the act or an instance of passing lightly over or omitting from a series.
- synonyms:
- elision, exception, exclusion, jump, leap, miss, omission, skim
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| related words: |
bounce, bound, caper, hop, leap |
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