Sekirov Dictionary

skip

/skɪp/

verb 14
noun 21
forms 7
phrases 3

verb14

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To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
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to leave out one part or step and go straight on to the part after it
- My heart will skip a beat.
- He skipped the second question and moved on.
To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
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(informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.
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To leap about lightly.
- The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? — 1733
To leap lightly over.
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To jump rope.
- The girls were skipping in the playground.
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To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- The rock will skip across the pond.
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To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.
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(informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
- a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill
To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
To place (an item) in a skip (large container for waste).
To act as skipper, or captain, of a team.
To have insufficient ink transfer.

noun21

A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
(UK, Commonwealth) A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
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A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- Beside it was a great engine which worked a continuous steel rope on which the skips were fastened which drew up the debris by successive stages from the bottom of the shaft. — 1929
A skip car.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
(informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
(informal) Short for skipper, especially as (nautical) the master of a ship; (sports) a team captain; (UK, law enforcement) a detective sergeant; or any other person with similar moderate authority.
(informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
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A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips. — 2012
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(slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
- My skip is helpful when my team lead is being uptight.
A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
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(dialect, UK) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
- In a panic he pushed the prostesting Catweazle inside an empty clothes skip and sat down on the lid just as his father and Sam came in. — 1970
A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
skywave propagation
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(Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she? Barber: She is Australian. Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you. — 2001
(historical) A college servant.
A charge of syrup in the pans.

forms

skipped · skipt · skippedst · skipping · skippeth · skips · skippest

Phrases with skip

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