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   skip

   /skip/

   verb

   • 1. move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce: "she began to skip down the path" Similar caperprancetripdanceboundjumpleapspringhopbouncegambolfriskrompcavortbobrare:curvetOpposite trudge
   • ▪ jump over a rope that is held at both ends by oneself or two other people and turned repeatedly over the head and under the feet, as a game or for exercise.
   • ▪ jump over (a rope) as a game or for exercise: "the girls had been skipping rope"
   • ▪ jump lightly over: "the children used to skip the puddles"
   • ▪ omit (part of a book that one is reading, or a stage in a sequence that one is following): "the video manual allows the viewer to skip sections he's not interested in" Similar omitleave outmiss outdispense withdo withoutpass overbypassskim oversteer clear ofdisregardignoreinformal:give something a missOpposite include
   • ▪ fail to attend or deal with as appropriate; miss: "I wanted to skip my English lesson to visit my mother" Similar fail to attendplay truant frommissabsent oneself fromtake French leave fromcutinformal:skive offwagplay hooky fromgoof offplay the wag fromOpposite attend
   • ▪ move quickly and in an unmethodical way from one point or subject to another: "Marian skipped halfheartedly through the book" Similar glance athave a quick look atflick throughflip throughleaf throughscanrun one's eye overOpposite pore over
   • ▪ depart quickly and secretly from: "she skipped her home amid rumors of a romance"
   • ▪ run away; disappear: "I'm not giving them a chance to skip off again" Similar run offrun awaydo a disappearing actmake offtake offinformal:beat itclear offvamooseskedaddlesplitcut and runfly the coopdo a fadedo a runnerdo a bunkscarperlight outcut outtake a powdergo throughshoot throughvulgar slang:bugger offOpposite staystay put
   • ▪ abandon an undertaking, conversation, or activity: "after several wrong turns in our journey, we almost decided to skip it"
   • ▪ throw (a stone) so that it ricochets off the surface of water.

   noun

   • 1. a light, bouncing step; a skipping movement: "he moved with a strange, dancing skip"
   • ▪ an act of passing over part of a sequence of data or instructions.
   • ▪ a person who is missing, especially one who has defaulted on a debt.

   Word Origin Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › skippedSkipped Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. a. : to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip. b. : to bound off one point after another : ricochet. 2. : to leave hurriedly or secretly. skipped out without paying their bill. 3. a. : to pass over or omit an interval, item, or step. b. : to omit a grade in school in advancing to the next. c. : misfire sense 1. transitive verb. 1.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSKIPPED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   (Definition of skipped from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of skipped. skipped. In our study, readers skipped 31% of predictable words compared with 22% of the unpredictable words. From the Cambridge English Corpus.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySKIPPED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   I skipped my usual fruit and yogurt, downed my usual two cups of coffee, skipped my usual hour-long walk and went to my desk. From Wired In high school, he skipped classes and spent a lot of time grounded.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSKIPPED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   to read or deal with quickly or superficially. I skipped through the accounts before dinner. 6. (transitive) informal. to miss deliberately. to skip school. 7. (transitive) informal, mainly US and Canadian. to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy. to skip town. noun. 8. a skipping movement or gait. 9. the act of passing over or omitting.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › skippedSkipped - definition of skipped by The Free Dictionary

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   Skipped is the past tense of skip, which means to move by hopping, to omit or pass over, or to leave hastily. Learn the different meanings and examples of skip as a verb and a noun.

7. www.dictionary.com › browse › skipSKIP Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   to pass over without reading, noting, acting, etc.: He skipped the bad parts. to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions): My heart skipped a beat. to be absent from; avoid attendance at: to skip a school class. to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSKIP | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to jump lightly over a rope that is held in both your hands, or by two other people, and turned repeatedly under your legs and over your head : Sports players often train by skipping. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. skip rope. US (usually jump rope); (UK skip)