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[[t]skɪp[/t]]

v. skipped, skip•ping, n.

1) cvb 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) edu 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[/ex]

6) to jump lightly over:

to skip a fence[/ex]

7) to pass over without reading, noting, acting on, etc.:

I skipped the long descriptions in the book[/ex]

8) to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions):

My heart skipped a beat[/ex]

9) to be absent from; avoid attendance at:

to skip a party[/ex]

10) edu

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) inf to leave hastily and secretly; flee from (a place):

They skipped town[/ex]

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) mad a melodic interval greater than a second

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Etymology: 1250–1300; (v.) ME skippen, perh. < ON skopa to run (cf. Icel skoppa to skip) skip′pa•ble, adj. skip′ping•ly, adv. II

skip

[[t]skɪp[/t]] n. v. skipped, skip•ping

1) spo the captain of a curling or bowling team

2) inf

skipper I

3) spo to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team)

4) inf

skipper I

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Etymology: 1820–30; short for skipper I