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skip
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- pronunciation:
- skIp
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
skips, skipping, skipped |
| definition 1: |
to jump forward lightly by sliding and hopping on each foot alternately.
She was so happy that 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.
He skipped from one idea to the next and gave the impression that he was very disorganized in his 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.The professor was only ten minutes into his lecture when my friends decided to skip.- 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 every other step as he bounded up the stairs.- 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).
Tell us the whole story and don't skip the good parts!I skipped the third step in the procedure and had to start from the beginning.She skipped the fourth grade because her grades and scores had been so high from her other school.- similar words:
- avoid, jump, miss, omit
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| definition 3: |
to fail to attend (a class, meeting, or the like).
Some of the students skipped class in order to leave early for spring vacation.He was always getting into trouble for skipping school when he was in junior high.- 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.
He crossed the road in a few skips.- 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.
There is a skip in the film sequence because one of the reels was damaged.- synonyms:
- elision, exception, exclusion, jump, leap, miss, omission, skim
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| related words: |
bounce, bound, caper, hop, leap |
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