skip Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a gait in which steps and hops alternate
  2. noun a mistake resulting from neglect
    omission.
  3. verb bypass
    jump; pass over; skip over.
    • He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
  4. verb intentionally fail to attend
    cut.
    • cut class
  5. verb jump lightly
    hop; hop-skip.
  6. verb leave suddenly
    decamp; vamoose.
    • She persuaded him to decamp
    • skip town
  7. verb bound off one point after another
    bound off.
  8. verb cause to skip over a surface
    skim; skitter.
    • Skip a stone across the pond

WordNet

Skip noun
Etymology
See Skep.
Definitions
  1. A basket. See Skep. Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.
  2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
  3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
  4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
  5. A beehive; a skep.
Skip intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Skipped ; present participle & verbal noun Skipping
Definitions
  1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
    The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pope.
    So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. Hawthorne.
  2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
Skip transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
  2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
    They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. Bp. Burnet.
  3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. Colloq.
Skip noun
Definitions
  1. A light leap or bound.
  2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
  3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Busby.

Webster 1913