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When you skip, you do a little hop from foot to foot as you move along. It's pretty common to see little kids skip down the sidewalk or across the playground.

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A basket. See Skep.

Noun
a mistake resulting from neglect

Noun
a gait in which steps and hops alternate

Verb
bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

Verb
cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

Verb
bound off one point after another

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Verb
jump lightly

Verb
leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"

Verb
intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"

n.
A basket. See Skep.

n.
A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

n.
An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

n.
A charge of sirup in the pans.

n.
A beehive; a skep.

v. i.
To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

v. i.
Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.

v. t.
To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

v. t.
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.

v. t.
To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.

n.
A light leap or bound.

n.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

n.
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

Skip

Skip , n. [See Skep.] 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

Skip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.] [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.] 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?
So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.
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

Skip, v. t. 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.
3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]

Skip

Skip, n. 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. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] Swift. -- Skip mackerel. (Zo'94l.) See Bluefish, 1.

A basket. See Skep.

To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

A light leap or bound.

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Usage Examples

I used to skip out of high school and go flying. It was just one of those things, I thought it was kind of a cool thing to do. I never thought about doing that as a profession, but I started checking things out and I found out there was a flight school down in Daytona Beach, called Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

The only other time I can recall my dad getting upset at me was when I missed a hockey practice. My parents were away, so my buddy and I decided to skip it. I never told my dad about it, but he found out from the coach.

I have a fear of poverty in old age. I have this vision of myself living in a skip and eating cat food. It's because I'm freelance, and I've never had a proper job. I don't have a pension, and my savings are dwindling. I always thought someone would just come along and look after me.

My mom, God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me Skip. There was another black guy in Piedmont, W.Va., and his name was Skip. They called him Big Skip, and I was Little Skip.

My first big job was an Abercrombie &Fitch campaign. But my mom wouldn't let me skip school for it, so I missed half of the shoot. When we got there, we realized Bruce Weber was the photographer we knew we had made a mistake!

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

You've got to set yourself up to be as healthy as you can. The thing we tend to do is when it gets to be a bit too hard, we actually opt out for the absolute worst option. For example, if you're in a rush in a morning and you feel like you don't have time to make breakfast, you skip it.

I'd skip school regularly to see movies - even in the morning, in the small Parisian theaters that opened early.

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.

Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.

We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit.

I sometimes skip meals when I travel.