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| skip [ skip ] |
verb (past and past participle skipped, present participle skip·ping, 3rd person present singular skips) |
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1. intransitive verb move with small hopping steps: to move along by hopping from one foot to the other
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2. transitive and intransitive verb jump repeatedly over circling rope: to jump repeatedly over a rope as it is swung around over the head and under the feet
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3. transitive verb jump over something: to jump nimbly over something
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4. transitive and intransitive verb omit something: to pass over or leave out something that should properly follow as part of a sequence or a complete work
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5. intransitive verb deal with something cursorily: to deal with or look at something in a cursory way
  Can we just skip through the draft document before we break for lunch?
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6. transitive verb not attend something: to decide to miss an event or activity
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informal
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7. transitive verb omit school grade: to promote a student to a grade that is one beyond the next in succession, or omit a grade in this way
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8. intransitive verb not play correctly: to fail to play properly by jumping from one place to another
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refers to CDs or records
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9. transitive and intransitive verb leave somewhere secretly: to make a secret getaway from a place, especially for some dishonest reason, e.g. to avoid being punished for something
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informal
)
He skipped town.
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10. transitive and intransitive verb move in series of small hops: to move lightly across a surface in a series of small hops, or make something move in this way
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noun (plural skips) |
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| Definition: |
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1. small hopping step: a small forward hopping step
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2. act of omitting something: an act of omitting part of something
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| [13th century. Probably < Old Norse] |
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| skip·pa·ble adjective |
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