Skip
Pronunciation
- enPR: skÄp, IPA: /skɪp/
- Rhymes: -ɪp
Origin 1
Full definition of skip
Verb
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- Alexander PopeThe lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? - Nathaniel HawthorneSo she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.
- 2011, January 29, Ian Hughes, Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd, The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break - left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up.
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.The rock will skip across the pond.
- 2010, December 29, Chris Whyatt, Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton, After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).My heart will skip a beat.I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.
- Bishop BurnetThey who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.
- To place an item in a skip.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.
- (transitive, informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.
- 1998, Baha Men - I see ya' little speed boat head up our coastShe really want to skip town''Get back off me, beast off meGet back you flea infested mongrel
- To leap lightly over.to skip the rope
- To jump rope.The girls were skipping in the playground.
Synonyms
- (informal, not to attend) US play hookie
Noun
skip
(plural skips)- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- 2012, Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips.
Derived terms
Origin 2
Noun
skip
(plural skips)- (Australia, New Zealand, British) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents; called a dumpster in North America (where "skip" is completely unknown and incomprehensible). See also skep.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket.
- A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- A beehive.
Synonyms
- (open-topped rubbish bin) dumpster
Origin 3
Noun
skip
(plural skips)- Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
Origin 4
A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them.
Alternative forms
Noun
skip
(plural skips)- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- 2001, Effie (character played by ), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?Barber: She is Australian.Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.