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skip 1
(skĭp)v. skipped, skip·ping, skips
v.intr.
1.
a. To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.
b. To leap lightly about.
2. To bounce over or be deflected from a surface; skim or ricochet: threw the stone so it skipped over the water.
3. To pass from point to point, omitting or disregarding what intervenes: skipped through the list hurriedly; skipping over the dull passages in the novel.
4. To be promoted in school beyond the next regular class or grade.
5. Informal To leave hastily; abscond: skipped out of town.
6. To misfire. Used of an engine.
v.tr.
1. To leap or jump lightly over: skip rope.
2.
a. To pass over without mentioning; omit: skipped the minor details of the story.
b. To miss or omit as one in a series: My heart skipped a beat.
3. To cause to bounce lightly over a surface; skim.
4. To be promoted beyond (the next grade or level).
5. Informal To leave hastily: The fugitive skipped town.
6. Informal To fail to attend: We skipped science class again.
n.
1. A leaping or jumping movement, especially a gait in which hops and steps alternate.
2. An act of passing over something; an omission.
3. A control mechanism on an audio or video player that interrupts the playing of a recording and advances or reverses to the beginning of the nearest chapter, track, or other division.
[Middle English skippen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
skip′pa·ble adj.
skip 2
(skĭp)n. Chiefly British
A container for receiving, transporting, and dumping waste materials.
[Variant of skep (in its earlier meaning, basket).]
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skip
(skɪp)vb, skips, skipping or skipped
1. (when: intr, often foll by over, along, into, etc) to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other
2. (Games, other than specified) (intr) to jump over a skipping-rope
3. to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way
4. to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another: he skipped a chapter of the book.
5. informal (foll by: through) to read or deal with quickly or superficially: he skipped through the accounts before dinner.
6. (tr) informal to miss deliberately: to skip school.
7. (tr) informal chiefly US and Canadian to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy: to skip town.
n
8. a skipping movement or gait
9. the act of passing over or omitting
10. (Music, other) music US and Canadian another word for leap10
11. skip it! informal it doesn't matter!
[C13: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse skopa to take a run, obsolete Swedish skuppa to skip]
skip
(skɪp)n, vb, skips, skipping or skipped
informal short for skipper1
n
1. (Curling) the captain of a curling or bowls team
2. (Bowls & Bowling) the captain of a curling or bowls team
skip
(skɪp)n
1. (Building) a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
2. (Mining & Quarrying) a cage used as a lift in mines, etc
[C19: variant of skep]
skip
(skɪp)n
(Education) a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin
[C17: probably shortened from archaic skip-kennel a footman or lackey (from skip1 + kennel2)]
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skip1
(skɪp)v. skipped, skip•ping,
n. v.i.
1. to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
2. to pass from one point, thing, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes.
3. to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice.
4. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once.
5. to ricochet or bounce along a surface: The stone skipped over the lake.
v.t. 6. to jump lightly over: to skip a fence.
7. to pass over without reading, noting, acting on, etc.: I skipped the long descriptions in the book.
8. to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions): My heart skipped a beat.
9. to be absent from; avoid attendance at: to skip a party.
10.
a. to advance (a person) by two or more classes or grades at once.
b. to be advanced beyond (a grade or class) in school.
11. to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.
12. to leave hastily and secretly; flee from (a place): They skipped town.
n. 13. a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
14. a gait marked by such jumps.
15. a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes.
16. an instance of skipping or a thing skipped.
17. a melodic interval greater than a second.
[1250–1300; (v.) Middle English skippen, perhaps < Old Norse skopa to run (compare Icelandic skoppa to skip)]
skip′pa•ble, adj.
skip′ping•ly, adv.
skip2
(skɪp)n., v. skipped, skip•ping. n.
1. the captain of a curling or bowling team.
2. skipper 1 .
v.t. 3. to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).
4. skipper 1.
[1820–30; short for skipper1]
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Skep, Skip
a quantity of grain, 1100; of malt or charcoal (usually twelve bushels).Examples: skep of bread, 1470; of chaff, 1846; of charcoal, 1353; of corn, 1380; of grain, c. 1100; of malt; of sand, 1669; of vegetables, 1824.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
skip
Past participle: skipped
Gerund: skipping
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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| Noun | 1. |  skip - a gait in which steps and hops alternategait - a person's manner of walking |
| 2. |  skip - a mistake resulting from neglect failure - an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" | |
| Verb | 1. | skip - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" |
| 2. | skip - intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" miss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" bunk off, play hooky - play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky" | |
| 3. | skip - jump lightly | |
| 4. |  skip - leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
| 5. | skip - bound off one point after another bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, spring, recoil, bound, reverberate - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" | |
| 6. | skip - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee" |
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skip
verb
1. hop, dance, bob, trip, bounce, caper, prance, cavort, frisk, gambol She was skipping along the pavement.
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skip
verb2. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected:
3. To cease consideration or treatment of:
Idioms: have done with, wash one's hands of.
4. Informal. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation.Also used with out:
Slang: lam.
Regional: absquatulate.
Idioms: blow the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam.
5. Informal. To fail to attend on purpose:
Idioms: go AWOL, play hooky.
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Translations
poskakovatvynechatposkokpřeskočitskákat přes švihadlo
hophoppe afstedsjippespringe over
hyppiäjättää väliinkimmotahypähdellähypellä
preskakatiskakutati
szökdécselésugrókötelezik
hoppasippasleppavalhopp
･･･を意図的にしない飛び跳ねる
...을 가볍게 뛰어넘다거르다
šokinėjimasšokinėti per virvutę
izlaistlēkātlēkt pār lecamo auklupārlēkt
skákať cez švihadlo
poskakovatiposkokpreskočiti
hoppahoppa över
กระโดดข้าม งด
atlamaksekmekes geçmekip atlamaksekme
bỏnhảy lò cò
skip
1 [skɪp]B. VI
C. VT (fig) [+ meal, lesson, page] → saltarse
to skip lunch → saltarse el almuerzo, no almorzar
you should never skip breakfast → no debes saltarte nunca el desayuno
to skip school → hacer novillos, hacer la rabona
let's skip it! → ¡basta de eso!
to skip lunch → saltarse el almuerzo, no almorzar
you should never skip breakfast → no debes saltarte nunca el desayuno
to skip school → hacer novillos, hacer la rabona
let's skip it! → ¡basta de eso!
D. CPD skip rope N (US) = skipping rope
skip
2 [skɪp] N (Brit) (= container) → contenedor m de basurasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
skip
[ˈskɪp] n
(= jump) → saut m, bond m
They took little skips as they walked → Ils faisaient de petits sauts en marchant., Ils faisaient de petits bonds en marchant.
They took little skips as they walked → Ils faisaient de petits sauts en marchant., Ils faisaient de petits bonds en marchant.
(British) (for rubbish, waste) → benne f
vi
(with rope) → sauter à la corde
vt [+ meal] → sauter; [+ chapter] → sauter
to skip school (mainly US) → faire l'école buissonnière
to skip a lesson → sécher un cours
skip it! > (US) → laisse tomber! ski pants npl → fuseau m (de ski)ski pass ski-pass [ˈskiːpɑːs] n → forfait m (de ski)ski pole n → bâton m de ski
to skip school (mainly US) → faire l'école buissonnière
to skip a lesson → sécher un cours
skip it! > (US) → laisse tomber! ski pants npl → fuseau m (de ski)ski pass ski-pass [ˈskiːpɑːs] n → forfait m (de ski)ski pole n → bâton m de ski
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
skip
1n → Hüpfer m; (in dancing) → Hüpfschritt m; she gave a little skip of pleasure → sie machte einen Freudensprung
vi
→ hüpfen; (with rope) → seilhüpfen, seilspringen; she came skipping up to us → sie kam auf uns zugesprungen; she was skipping (with rope) → sie sprang Seil
(= move from subject to subject) → springen
vt
(= omit, miss) school, church etc → schwänzen (inf); generation, passage, chapter etc → überspringen, auslassen; (Comput, printer) → überspringen; my heart skipped a beat → mein Herzschlag setzte für eine Sekunde aus; to skip lunch → das Mittagessen ausfallen lassen; to skip bail (inf) → die Kaution verfallen lassen (und nicht vor Gericht erscheinen); skip it! → ist ja auch egal!
(US) to skip rope → seilhüpfen, seilspringen
(US inf) to skip town → aus der Stadt verschwinden (inf); to skip the country → über die Grenze fliehen
skip
2n
= skep
skip
3n (Sport) → Kapitän m
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skip
1 [skɪp]2. vi → saltellare, salterellare; (with rope) → saltare con la corda
to skip in/out → entrare/uscire saltellando
to skip off (fig) → tagliare la corda
to skip over sth (fig) → sorvolare su qc
to skip from one subject to another → saltare da un argomento a un altro
to skip in/out → entrare/uscire saltellando
to skip off (fig) → tagliare la corda
to skip over sth (fig) → sorvolare su qc
to skip from one subject to another → saltare da un argomento a un altro
3. vt (fig) (meal, lesson, page) → saltare; (school) → marinare, bigiare
let's skip it! (fam) → sorvoliamo!
let's skip it! (fam) → sorvoliamo!
skip
2 [skɪp] n → bennaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
skip
(skip) verb – past tense, past participle skipped –1. to go along with a hop on each foot in turn. The little girl skipped up the path.
2. to jump over a rope that is being turned under the feet and over the head (as a children's game).
3. to miss out (a meal, part of a book etc). I skipped lunch and went shopping instead; Skip chapter two.
noun a hop on one foot in skipping.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
skip
→ يَتَخَطَّى, يَقْفِزُ poskakovat, vynechat springe over auslassen, hüpfen παραλείπω brincar, omitir, saltarse hyppiä, jättää väliin ignorer, sautiller preskakati, skakutati saltare ･･･を意図的にしない, 飛び跳ねる ...을 가볍게 뛰어넘다, 거르다 hinkelen, overslaan hoppe over omijać, opuścić pular, saltar пропускать, пропустить hoppa, hoppa över กระโดด, ข้าม งด atlamak bỏ, nhảy lò cò 略过, 跳过Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
skip
vt. omitir, pasar por alto; [jump] saltar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
skip
vt (pret & pp skipped; ger skipping) saltarse; to — a beat saltarse un latido; My heart skipped a beat..Mi corazón se saltó un latido; to — a meal saltarse una comida; Don't skip breakfast..No se salte el desayuno.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.