to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes: He skipped through the book quickly.
to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice.
Education. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once.
to ricochet or bounce along a surface: The stone skipped over the lake.
verb (used with object),skipped,skip·ping.
to jump lightly over: The horse skipped the fence.
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.
Informal. to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place): They skipped town.
noun
a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
a gait marked by such jumps.
a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes: a quick skip through Europe.
Music. a melodic interval greater than a second.
a natural depression below the surface of a planed board.
Informal. a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities.
Verb Phrases
skip out on,Informal. to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children.
Origin of skip
1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English verb skippen, perhaps from Old Norse skopa “to take a run” (compare Icelandic skoppa “to spin like a top, hop,” Swedish dialect skopa “to skip”); the noun is derivative of the verb
SYNONYMS FOR skip
1 caper, hop.
2 skim.
12 leap, spring, caper, hop.
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synonym study for skip
1. Skip,bound refer to an elastic, springing movement. To skip is to give a series of light, quick hops alternating the feet: to skip about.Bound suggests a series of long, rather vigorous leaps; it is also applied to a springing or leaping type of walking or running rapidly and actively: A dog came bounding up to meet him.