skip

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skip

A child skips a stone across a calm pond.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To move with light, hopping steps: To proceed by taking a step and then a small hop, often in a playful or energetic manner.
    • To omit or pass over: To intentionally fail to include, do, or attend something.
    • To leave hastily or secretly: To depart suddenly or without notice.
    • To cause to bounce lightly: To make something, like a flat stone, bounce off a surface.

  2. Noun:

    • A light, hopping step: A gait or movement involving a step and a hop.
    • An omission or mistake: An instance of leaving something out or failing to do it.
Usage Examples

  • Verb:

    • The children skip happily down the sidewalk. (They move with hopping steps.)
    • I decided to skip the boring meeting. (I chose not to attend.)
    • He had to skip town quickly. (He had to leave the town secretly and in a hurry.)
    • Can you skip a stone across the pond? (Can you make a stone bounce on the water?)

  • Noun:

    • Her walk was more of a joyful skip. (Her movement was a light, hopping step.)
    • There was a skip in the data, making the report incomplete. (There was an omission in the data.)
Advanced Usage

  • "Skip out on": To leave or avoid a responsibility, often deceitfully.

    • He tried to skip out on paying the bill. (He tried to leave without paying.)

  • "Skip a beat": Used to describe a momentary pause, often due to surprise, fear, or excitement (commonly with the heart).

    • My heart skipped a beat when I heard the loud noise. (My heart momentarily paused or fluttered.)

  • "Skip to the chase": To get to the main point without wasting time on details.

    • Let's skip to the chase—what's the final cost? (Let's get directly to the important part.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Skipper (noun): A captain or leader, especially of a team or boat.
    • She is the skipper of the volleyball team.
  • Skip rope (noun phrase): A rope used for the activity of jumping over it; also the activity itself (more commonly called "jump rope").
    • The kids are playing with a skip rope in the yard.
Synonyms
  • Verb: Bypass, omit, miss, hop, bound, flee.
  • Noun: Omission, oversight, hop, bounce.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Skip over: To omit or pass by something quickly.
    • You can skip over the introduction if you already know the basics. (You can omit reading the introduction.)
  • Skip off: To leave quickly or playfully.
    • The dog skipped off with the ball. (The dog ran off playfully with the ball.)
Related Idioms
  • Skip it: Used to tell someone to forget about something, that it's not important.
    • "What were you saying?" "Oh, never mind, skip it." (Forget what I was saying.)
  • A hop, skip, and a jump: A very short distance.
    • The store is just a hop, skip, and a jump from here. (The store is very close by.)
skip

A child skips a stone across a calm pond.

Noun
  1. a mistake resulting from neglect
  2. a gait in which steps and hops alternate
Verb
  1. cause to skip over a surface
    • Skip a stone across the pond
  2. bound off one point after another
  3. leave suddenly
    • She persuaded him to decamp
    • skip town
  4. jump lightly
  5. intentionally fail to attend
    • cut class
  6. bypass
    • He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible

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