SKIP (skipped, skipping)

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Irregular inflected forms: skipped    , skipping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does skip mean? 

• SKIP (noun)
  The noun SKIP has 2 senses:

1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate

2. a mistake resulting from neglect

  Familiarity information: SKIP used as a noun is rare.

• SKIP (verb)
  The verb SKIP has 6 senses:

1. bypass

2. intentionally fail to attend

3. jump lightly

4. leave suddenly

5. bound off one point after another

6. cause to skip over a surface

  Familiarity information: SKIP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gait in which steps and hops alternate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("skip" is a kind of...):

gait (a person's manner of walking)

Derivation:

skip (jump lightly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mistake resulting from neglect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

omission; skip

Hypernyms ("skip" is a kind of...):

error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skip"):

failure (an unexpected omission)

Derivation:

skip (intentionally fail to attend)

• SKIP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they skip    ... he / she / it skips   
Past simple: skipped   
Past participle: skipped   
-ing form: skipping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bypass

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

jump; pass over; skip; skip over

Context example:

He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible

Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):

drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit (leave undone or leave out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Intentionally fail to attend

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

cut; skip

Context example:

cut class

Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):

miss (fail to attend an event or activity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "skip"):

bunk off; play hooky (play truant from work or school)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

skip (a mistake resulting from neglect)

skipper (a student who fails to attend classes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Jump lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hop; hop-skip; skip

Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Also:

skip over (bypass)

Derivation:

skip (a gait in which steps and hops alternate)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Leave suddenly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

decamp; skip; vamoose

Context example:

skip town

Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Bound off one point after another

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bound off; skip

Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):

bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Cause to skip over a surface

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

skim; skip; skitter

Context example:

Skip a stone across the pond

Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

She says more women with early-stage breast cancer may be able to skip chemotherapy.

(Study Shows Chemotherapy Not Needed To Treat Many Breast Cancers, Carol Pearson/VOA)

Martin skipped on through the years to the night in the nigger heaven at the Auditorium.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

And I thought how Captain Smollett would have set them skipping.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Neptune will be in hard angle to the Sun and full moon, so don’t skip the step of conferring with your lawyer—two pairs of eyes will be necessary at this time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A hypoglycemic reaction to overdosage of insulin, a skipped meal, or strenuous exercise in an insulin-dependent diabetic.

(Insulin Shock, NCI Thesaurus)

If this ship of yours must needs dance and skip like a clown at a kermesse, then I pray you that you will put me into one of these galeasses.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This can cause: • Palpitations (feelings that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, or beating too hard or too fast) • Shortness of breath • Cough • Fatigue, dizziness, or anxiety • Migraine headaches • Chest discomfort

(Mitral Valve Prolapse, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Jo skipped up, and sitting on the top step, affected to be searching for her book, but was really wondering how best to introduce the dangerous object of her visit.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Thus assisted, she skipped down with much agility, and began to tie her double chin into her bonnet.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Skipping breakfast is a common phenomenon, and too many pastries, sweets and juices are consumed as part of this meal.

(Researchers reveal potential of bread that suppresses appetite, University of Granada)