Meaning of skip in English

skip

verb

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/skɪp/

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skip verb (MOVE)

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[ I usually + adv/prep ]

to move lightly and quickly, making a small jump after each step:

skip down She watched her little granddaughter skip down the path.

skip about The lambs were skipping about in the field.

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Moving quickly

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skip verb (JUMP)

[ I ] UK

(US jump rope, skip rope)

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.

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Miscellaneous games & activities

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skip rope

(usually jump rope); (UK skip)

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:

Skip rope rapidly for five minutes.

We used to skip rope and play jacks after school.

Skipping rope is good cardiovascular exercise.

The children in the schoolyard skipped rope in groups of three.

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Miscellaneous games & activities

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skip verb (LEAVE)

C1 [ I or T ]

to leave one thing or place, especially quickly, in order to go to another:

skip (over) This part of the book isn't very interesting, so I'm going to skip (over) it.

skip from something to something The teacher kept skipping from one subject to another so it was difficult to follow what he was saying.

skip over/across/off UK We're skipping over/across/off (= making a quick journey) to France for the day.

skip the country The police think that the bank robbers must have skipped (= left) the country by now.

skip off/out UK She skipped off/out (= left quickly and/or secretly) without saying goodbye.

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skip verb (AVOID)

B2 [ T ] informal

to not do or not have something that you usually do or that you should do; to avoid:

skip lunch I'm trying to lose weight, so I'm skipping (= not eating) lunch today.

skip school US Should parents have to pay if their child skips school?

skip class US I skipped class and went to the park instead.

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to avoid doing something

avoidAvoid swimming in areas where sharks are known to congregate.
evadePlease don’t think I’m trying to evade my responsibility.
dodgeHe tried to dodge his military service.
run away fromI didn't often run away from difficult decisions.
shrink fromI've never been one to shrink from a challenge.
sidestepThis is not a responsibility you can sidestep.

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Avoiding action

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skip verb (THROW)

[ T ] US

(UK skim)

to throw a flat stone horizontally over water so that it touches and rises off the surface several times:

We watched a child skipping stones across the lake.

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Movement through the air

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Phrasal verb

skip out on someone/something

skip

noun [ C ]

/skɪp/ us

/skɪp/

skip noun [C] (CONTAINER)

a large metal container into which people put unwanted objects or building or garden waste, and which is brought to and taken away from a place by a special truck when people ask for it

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skip noun [C] (MOVE)

a small, light, dancing or jumping step:

She gave a little skip of joy.

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Jumping

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skip noun [C] (PERSON)

US informal

a person who has disappeared, especially someone who owes money:

In this case, the bounty hunters claimed that they were pursuing a skip but had accidentally raided the wrong address.

informal

the captain (= head) of a sports team, especially in curling (= a game played on ice) and bowls (= a game played on grass):

Her selection as skip of the women's team came as no surprise to those in the sport.

She was named skip of the bowling fours.

Skip, are you sure this is the right decision?

Synonym

skipper

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Runaways and refugees

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Competitors & participants in sports & games

Bowls, bowling & croquet

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skip

verb

/skɪp/

skip verb (MOVE)

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[ I ] -pp-

to move lightly and quickly, esp. with small dancing or jumping steps:

He skipped off to school.

skip verb (LEAVE)

[ I/T ] infml -pp-

to leave a place quickly:

[ T ] Mark took the money and then skipped town.

skip verb (AVOID)

[ T ]

to not do or have something; avoid:

Martin skipped fifth grade.

I skipped lunch today.

Phrasal verbs

skip out (on something/someone)

skip over something

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skip | Business English

skip

noun [ C ]

TRANSPORT UK

/skɪp/ us

(US Dumpster)

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a large metal container used for getting rid of rubbish, old building materials, etc. Skips are removed using a truck:

Most of the waste was thrown into a skip.

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Examples of skip

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In our study, readers skipped 31% of predictable words compared with 22% of the unpredictable words.

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Some readers may thus choose to skip the section on growth altogether.

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Again we skip the details of the proof, which is straightforward but notationally heavy.

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Methodologically, analyzing the data by age at assessment would help circumvent, at least in part, the limitation of skipping certain years in data collection.

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We skip such technical considerations and concentrate on the economic reasons behind the dynamics.

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Readers familiar with type theory may skip this section.

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Of course, not everyone had access to such powerful patrons, so it is no surprise that only the most famous musicians could skip the broker.

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We'll skip this for now, as two of the slub interfaces will be described in detail later in this section.

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On first reading it is advisable to skip to section 6 which shows the rules in action.

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Many readers may skip this chapter without loss of continuity.

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Significantly, regressive nasalisation does not target or skip these vowels.

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Newspapers can afford to offer stories with limited appeal, since uninterested consumers can simply skip them.

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With categorical constraints, if the final foot is skipped, then stress appears on the initial foot instead.

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We will skip the technical details of the solution and proceed to evaluate condition (28).

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If the arguments are in the table, then the call is skipped and the result is returned.

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Translations of skip

in Chinese (Traditional)

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Meaning of skip in English

skip verb (MOVE)

skip verb (JUMP)

skip verb (LEAVE)

skip verb (AVOID)

skip verb (THROW)

Phrasal verb

skip noun [C] (CONTAINER)

skip noun [C] (MOVE)

skip noun [C] (PERSON)

skip | American Dictionary

skip verb (MOVE)

skip verb (LEAVE)

skip verb (AVOID)

Phrasal verbs

skip | Business English

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