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skip

UK/skɪp/ US/ˈskɪp/ common informal slang uk
verb (6) noun (2)

verb

1.

bypass

  • “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”
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2.

intentionally fail to attend

  • “cut class”
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3.
4.

leave suddenly

  • “She persuaded him to decamp”
  • “skip town”
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5.

bound off one point after another

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6.

cause to skip over a surface

  • “Skip a stone across the pond”
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noun

1.

a gait in which steps and hops alternate

2.

a mistake resulting from neglect

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Origin

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”). Related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp (“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related.

Phrases

  • mini skip
  • skip a beat from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
  • skip bleach from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
  • skip bomber from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
  • skip bombing from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
  • skip day from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
  • skip hoist
  • skip list from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
  • skip lorry
  • skip out from all parts of speech in Etymology 1
  • skipping rope from all parts of speech in Etymology 1

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