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skip

skip¹ [skip]

vi.

skipped, skipping [ME skippen, prob. < Scand form akin to ON skopa, to jump, run < IE * skeub-, to shoot, throw > SHOVE]

1. to leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot and then the other

2. to be deflected from a surface; ricochet

3. to pass, or direct the attention, from one point to another, omitting what lies between

☆ 4. to be promoted in school beyond the next regular grade

5. Informal to leave hurriedly, esp. under questionable circumstances; abscond

vt.

1. to jump or leap lightly over

2. to pass over or omit, either deliberately or inadvertently

3. to omit attending a session or sessions of (school, church, etc.)

4. to cause to skip or ricochet

5.

☆ a) to promote (a student) to the grade beyond the next regular one in school

b) to pass over (the next regular grade)

☆ 6. Informal to leave (a town, country, etc.) hurriedly

n.

1.

a) an act of skipping; leap; spring

b) a skipping gait alternating light hops on each foot

2. a passing over or omitting

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☆ skip it!

Informal never mind! it doesn't matter!

SYN.- SKIP¹ suggests a springing forward lightly and quickly, leaping on alternate feet, and, of inanimate things, deflection from a surface in a series of jumps; BOUND¹ implies longer, more vigorous leaps, as in running, or by an elastic object thrown along the ground; HOP¹ suggests a single short jump, as on one leg, or a series of short, relatively jerky jumps; RICOCHET is used of an inanimate object that has been thrown or shot and that bounds or skips in glancing deflection from a surface

skip² [skip]

n.

1. short for SKIPPER²

2. the captain of a lawn bowling team or curling team

vt.

skipped, skipping

to act as a skip for