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ALL meanings of skip

skip
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  • intransitive verb skip jump lightly 1
  • intransitive verb skip game, sport: jump rope 1
  • transitive verb skip not attend, miss 1
  • transitive verb skip omit 1
  • transitive verb skip pass by 1
  • transitive verb skip education: omit a grade 1
  • noun skip bouncing walk 1
  • noun skip ricochet 1
  • noun skip large refuse container 1
  • intransitive verb skip misfire 1
  • transitive verb skip avoid 1
  • transitive verb skip make ricochet 1
  • verb without object skip to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot. 1
  • verb without object skip to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes: He skipped through the book quickly. 1
  • verb without object skip to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice. 1
  • verb without object skip Education. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once. 1
  • verb without object skip to ricochet or bounce along a surface: The stone skipped over the lake. 1
  • verb with object skip to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team). 1
  • verb with object skip Informal. skipper1 . 1
  • noun skip Mining. a metal box for carrying ore, hauled vertically or on an incline. 1
  • noun skip skip car. 1
  • verb skip If you skip along, you move almost as if you are dancing, with a series of little jumps from one foot to the other. 0
  • verb skip Skip is also a noun. 0
  • verb skip When someone skips, they jump up and down over a rope which they or two other people are holding at each end and turning round and round. In American English, you say that someone skips rope. 0
  • verb skip If you skip something that you usually do or something that most people do, you decide not to do it. 0
  • verb skip If you skip or skip over a part of something you are reading or a story you are telling, you miss it out or pass over it quickly and move on to something else. 0
  • verb skip If you skip from one subject or activity to another, you move quickly from one to the other although there is no obvious connection between them. 0
  • countable noun skip A skip is a large, open, metal container which is used to hold and take away large unwanted items and rubbish. 0
  • verb skip to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other 0
  • verb skip to jump over a skipping-rope 0
  • verb skip to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way 0
  • verb skip to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another 0
  • verb skip to read or deal with quickly or superficially 0
  • verb skip to miss deliberately 0
  • verb skip to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy 0
  • noun skip a skipping movement or gait 0
  • noun skip the act of passing over or omitting 0
  • noun skip the captain of a curling or bowls team 0
  • noun skip a large open container for transporting building materials, etc 0
  • noun skip a cage used as a lift in mines, etc 0
  • noun skip a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin 0
  • intransitive verb skip to leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot and then the other 0
  • intransitive verb skip to be deflected from a surface; ricochet 0
  • intransitive verb skip to pass, or direct the attention, from one point to another, omitting what lies between 0
  • intransitive verb skip to be promoted in school beyond the next regular grade 0
  • intransitive verb skip to leave hurriedly, esp. under questionable circumstances; abscond 0
  • verb transitive skip to jump or leap lightly over 0
  • verb transitive skip to pass over or omit, either deliberately or inadvertently 0
  • verb transitive skip to omit attending a session or sessions of (school, church, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive skip to cause to skip or ricochet 0
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