skip
[verb]
Synonyms:
- hop, bob, bounce, caper, dance, flit, frisk, gambol, prance, trip
- pass over, eschew, give (something) a miss, leave out, miss out, omit

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Contrasted words: hobble, shamble, shuffle, hitch, limp, stagger, totter
Related Idioms: split the scene
Related Words: caper, cavort, curvet, frisk, gambol, bounce, hippety-hop, jump, leap, bound

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English Thesaurus: jump, skip, hop, leap, bounce, ...

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I. skip¹ /skɪp/ verb (past tense and past participle skipped, present participle skipping)
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language]

1. NOT DO SOMETHING [transitive] informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do Synonym : miss:
She skipped lunch in order to go shopping.
Williams skipped the game to be with his wife in the hospital.
skip school/class especially American English:
He skipped chemistry class three times last month.

2. NOT DEAL WITH SOMETHING [intransitive and transitive] to not read, mention, or deal with something that would normally come or happen next:
I decided to skip the first chapter.
skip to
Let’s skip to the last item on the agenda.
skip over
I suggest we skip over the details and get to the point.

3. CHANGE SUBJECTS [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go from one subject to another in no fixed order
skip about/around/from
It’s difficult to have a conversation with her because she skips from one topic to another.

4. MOVEMENT [intransitive] to move forward with quick steps and jumps
skip across/along etc
He turned and skipped away, singing happily to himself.

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 Synonym : jump rope American English

6. skip town/skip the country informal to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts:
Then they found that Zaffuto had already skipped town.

7. skip it! informal especially American English used to say angrily and rudely that you do not want to talk about something:
‘Sorry, what were you saying?’ ‘Oh, skip it!’

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 Synonym : skim British English

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
skip off/along/across etc
The ball skipped off Bond’s glove and bounced toward the fence.

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
⇒ sb’s heart skips a beat at heart

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II. skip² noun [countable]

1. a skipping movement

2. British English a large container for bricks, wood, and similar heavy waste Synonym : dumpster American English

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skip
verb
ADV. lightly, nimbly | happily | along
PREP. down, up He skipped lightly up the stairs.

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jump verb [intransitive and transitive] to push yourself up into the air, over something etc, using your legs:
The cat jumped up onto the table.
He jumped over the stream.
His horse jumped the fence successfully.
skip verb [intransitive] to move forwards with little jumps between your steps, especially because you are feeling happy:
The little girl was skipping down the street.
hop verb [intransitive] to jump or move around on one leg:
He was hopping around because he’d injured his foot.
leap verb [intransitive and transitive] especially written to suddenly jump up high or a long way:
The deer leapt over the fence.
Tina leapt onto the boat as it was moving away.
Fish were leaping out of the water.
bounce verb [intransitive] to jump up and down several times, especially on something that has springs in it:
Children love bouncing on beds.
dive verb [intransitive] to jump into water with your head and arms first:
Zoë dived into the swimming pool.
vault /vɔːlt $ vɒːlt/ verb [intransitive and transitive] especially written to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you:
He vaulted the ticket barrier and ran for the exit.
Ben tried to vault over the bar.
go into a dive (=start to move downwards)
The plane was in trouble, then it went into a dive.
pull out of a dive (=stop a plane going down)
He tried to pull out of the steep dive before hitting the ground.
a steep dive (=going down suddenly)
The fighter plane went into a steep dive.
a vertical dive (=going straight down)
His actions sent the plane into a near vertical dive.
a shallow dive (=going down slowly rather than suddenly)
The bird captures its prey on the ground after a long, shallow dive.
bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks:
A man went into a bar and ordered a drink.
Let’s meet up in the hotel bar.
The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants.
The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served:
Do you fancy going to the pub?
a country pub
public house British English formal a pub:
The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.
sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to:
The Red Lion’s my local.
inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub:
The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century.
The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).
gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food:
a gastropub with a riverside restaurant
the Windmill Gastropub
tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs:
the Turf Tavern
Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.
watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink:
The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists.
What’s your favorite watering hole?
honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played:
They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.
saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax:
I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West.
Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?

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skip
̈ɪskɪp
See: heart skip a beat

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