All skip synonyms
skip
S s noun skip
- noninclusion β the act of including.
- womb β the uterus of the human female and certain higher mammals.
- clough β a gorge or narrow ravine
- charleston β The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- bunny hop β a jump executed with the feet held tightly together and the knees bent
- ashcan β a large can for ashes and trash
- gambade β a spring or leap by a horse.
- inadvertency β inadvertence.
- dance β If you dance a particular kind of dance, you do it or perform it.
- conga β If a group of people dance a conga, they dance in a long winding line, with each person holding on to the back of the person in front.
- leapfrogging β Present participle of leapfrog.
verb skip
- barreling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- flubbed β a blunder.
- leaf through β one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lam β to beat; thrash.
- leave out β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- make away β to depart in haste
- kick up one's heels β the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- larking β a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- elope β Run away secretly in order to get married, especially without parental consent.
- hasten β to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry: to hasten to a place.
- duck out β leave secretly
- dap β to fish with a natural or artificial fly on a floss silk line so that the wind makes the fly bob on and off the surface of the water
- make haste β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- burke β Edmund. 1729β97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- go wrong β not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- careered β an occupation or profession, especially one requiring special training, followed as one's lifework: He sought a career as a lawyer.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- juke β to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- fall over β person: trip or slip
- barrelled β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- blow the lid off β a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- get cracking β to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- glissade β a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- gambol β to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- lose sight of β no longer see
- hasting β swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- burked β to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- drop the ball β a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- bob β If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.
- barreled β Having the specified number of barrels.
- winging β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- leave holding the bag β a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.