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skip  (skp)

v. skipped, skip·ping, skips

v.intr.

1.

a. To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.

b. To leap lightly about.

2. To bounce over or be deflected from a surface; skim or ricochet.

3. To pass from point to point, omitting or disregarding what intervenes: skipped through the list hurriedly; skipping over the dull passages in the novel.

4. To be promoted in school beyond the next regular class or grade.

5. Informal To leave hastily; abscond: skipped out of town.

6. To misfire. Used of an engine.

v.tr.

1. To leap or jump lightly over: skip rope.

2.

a. To pass over without mentioning; omit: skipped the minor details of the story.

b. To miss or omit as one in a series: My heart skipped a beat.

3. To cause to bounce lightly over a surface; skim.

4. To be promoted beyond (the next grade or level).

5. Informal To leave hastily: The fugitive skipped town.

6. Informal To fail to attend: We skipped science class again.

n.

1. A leaping or jumping movement, especially a gait in which hops and steps alternate.

2. An act of passing over something; an omission.

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[Middle English skippen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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skippa·ble adj.

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skip¹

vb skips, skipping, skipped

1. (when intr, often foll by over, along, into, etc.) to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other

2. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) (intr) to jump over a skipping-rope

3. to cause (a stone, etc.) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way

4. to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another he skipped a chapter of the book

5. (intr; foll by through) Informal to read or deal with quickly or superficially he skipped through the accounts before dinner

skip it! Informal it doesn't matter!

7. (tr) Informal to miss deliberately to skip school

8. (tr) Informal chiefly US and Canadian to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy to skip town

n

1. a skipping movement or gait

2. the act of passing over or omitting

3. (Music, other) Music US and Canadian another word for leap [10] See also skip off

[probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse skopa to take a run, obsolete Swedish skuppa to skip]

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skip²

n & vb skips, skipping, skipped

Informal short for skipper¹

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skip³

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a large open container for transporting building materials, etc.

2. (Mining & Quarrying) a cage used as a lift in mines, etc.

[variant of skep]

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skip⁴

n

(Social Science / Education) a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin

[probably shortened from archaic skip-kennel a footman or lackey (from skip¹ + kennel²)]

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Skep, Skip a quantity of grain, 1100; of malt or charcoal (usually twelve bushels).

Examples: skep of bread, 1470; of chaff, 1846; of charcoal, 1353; of corn, 1380; of grain, c. 1100; of malt; of sand, 1669; of vegetables, 1824.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	skip - a gait in which steps and hops alternate gait - a person's manner of walking
	2.	skip - a mistake resulting from neglect     omission failure - an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes" error, fault, mistake - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
Verb	1.	skip - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" pass over, skip over, jump neglect, omit, leave out, pretermit, overleap, overlook, miss, drop - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
	2.	skip - intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" cut miss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week" bunk off, play hooky - play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky"
	3.	skip - jump lightly hop, hop-skip bound, jump, leap, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" pass over, skip, skip over, jump - bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
	4.	skip - leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" vamoose, decamp go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
	5.	skip - bound off one point after another bound off bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, spring, recoil, bound, reverberate - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
	6.	skip - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" skitter, skim throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"

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skip

verb

1. hop, dance, bob, trip, bounce, caper, prance, cavort, frisk, gambol She was skipping along the pavement.

2. miss out, omit, leave out, overlook, pass over, eschew, forego, skim over, give (something) a miss It is important not to skip meals.

3. (Informal) miss, cut (informal), bunk off (slang), play truant from, wag (dialect), skive off, play hookey from (U.S. informal), dog it or dog off (dialect) Her daughter started skipping school.

Translations

skip¹ [skɪp]

A. N → salto m, brinco m

B. VI

1. (= jump) → brincar, saltar
to skip with joy → dar brincos or saltos de alegría, brincar or saltar de alegría
to skip in/out → entrar/salir dando brincos
he skipped out of the way → se apartó de un salto
to skip off (fig) → largarse, rajarse(LAm)

2. (with a rope) → saltar a la comba

3. (fig) to skip over sth → pasar algo por alto, saltarse algo
to skip from one thing to another → saltar de un tema a otro
the book skips about a lot → el libro da muchos saltos

C. VT (fig) [+ meal, lesson, page] → saltarse
to skip lunch → saltarse el almuerzo, no almorzar
you should never skip breakfast → no debes saltarte nunca el desayuno
to skip school → hacer novillos, hacer la rabona
let's skip it! → ¡basta de eso!

D. CPD skip rope N (US) = skipping rope

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skip² [skɪp] N (Brit) (= container) → contenedor m de basuras

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skip [ˈskɪp]

n

(= jump) → saut m, bond m
They took little skips as they walked → Ils faisaient de petits sauts en marchant., Ils faisaient de petits bonds en marchant.

(British) (for rubbish, waste) → benne f

vi

(= move with little jumps) → sautiller
He skipped around the room → Il sautilla dans la pièce.

(with rope) → sauter à la corde

(= change quickly) to skip from one thing to another → passer du coq à l'âne

vt [+ meal] → sauter; [+ chapter] → sauter
to skip school (mainly US) → faire l'école buissonnière
to skip a lesson → sécher un cours
skip it! > (US) → laisse tomber! >
ski pants npl → fuseau m (de ski)
ski pass ski-pass [ˈskiːpɑːs] n → forfait m (de ski)
ski pole n → bâton m de ski

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skip¹

n → Hüpfer m; (in dancing) → Hüpfschritt m; she gave a little skip of pleasure → sie machte einen Freudensprung

vi

→ hüpfen; (with rope) → seilhüpfen, seilspringen; she came skipping up to us → sie kam auf uns zugesprungen; she was skipping (with rope) → sie sprang Seil

(= move from subject to subject) → springen

(inf: = abscond, flee) → abhauen (inf), → türmen (inf)

vt

(= omit, miss) school, church etc → schwänzen (inf); generation, passage, chapter etc → überspringen, auslassen; (Comput, printer) → überspringen; my heart skipped a beat → mein Herzschlag setzte für eine Sekunde aus; to skip lunch → das Mittagessen ausfallen lassen; to skip bail (inf) → die Kaution verfallen lassen (und nicht vor Gericht erscheinen); skip it! → ist ja auch egal!

(US) to skip rope → seilhüpfen, seilspringen

(US inf) to skip town → aus der Stadt verschwinden (inf); to skip the country → über die Grenze fliehen

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skip²

n

(Build) → Container m, → Bauschuttmulde f (form); (Min) → Förderkorb m

= skep

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skip³

n (Sport) → Kapitän m

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skip¹ [skɪp]

1. n → saltello, balzo

2. vi → saltellare, salterellare; (with rope) → saltare con la corda
to skip in/out → entrare/uscire saltellando
to skip off (fig) → tagliare la corda
to skip over sth (fig) → sorvolare su qc
to skip from one subject to another → saltare da un argomento a un altro

3. vt (fig) (meal, lesson, page) → saltare; (school) → marinare, bigiare
let's skip it! (fam) → sorvoliamo!

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skip² [skɪp] n → benna

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skip

v skip [skip]

1 to go along with a hop on each foot in turn The little girl skipped up the path. huppel يَقْفِز على القَدَمَيْن (под)скачам poskakovat hoppe afsted hüpfen χοροπηδώ saltar keksima, hüplema جست وخيز كردن hypellä sautiller לְדָלֵג उछल-कूद करना skakutati, poskakivati ugrándozik melompat-lompat hoppa saltare, saltellare はね回る 깡충깡충 뛰어가다 šokinėti lēkāt; palēkties meloncat-loncat huppelen hoppe skakać, podskakiwać saltitar a sălta прыгать, скакать poskakovať, skákať poskakovati preskočiti hoppa, skutta กระโดด sekmek 跳 стрибати, скакати اٹھلاتی چال چلنا nhảy 跳

2 to jump over a rope that is being turned under the feet and over the head (as a children's game). touspring يَقْفِز فَوقَ الحَبْل скачам на въже skákat přes švihadlo sjippe seilhüpfen κάνω σκοινάκι saltar (a la cuerda) hüppenööriga hüppama طناب بازي كردن hypätä narua sauter (à la corde) לִקפוֹץ בְּחֶבֶל रस्सी से कूदना skakati preko užeta (dječja igra) ugrókötelezik bermain lompat tali sippa saltare (la corda) なわ飛びをする 줄넘기를 하다 šokinėti per virvutę lēkt pār lecamo auklu melompat-lompat touwtjespringen hoppe tau skakać ze skakanką saltar à corda a sări (coarda) прыгать через скакалку skákať cez švihadlo preskakovati vrv preskakati hoppa rep กระโดดเชือก ip atlamak 跳繩 стрибати через скакалку رسی کودنا nhảy dây 跳绳

3 to miss out (a meal, part of a book etc) I skipped lunch and went shopping instead; Skip chapter two. oorslaan يَتَخَطّى пропускам vynechat springe over auslassen πηδώ, παραλείπω saltarse vahele jätma حذف كردن hypätä yli, jättää väliin sauter לְדַלֵג עַל- छोड़ जाना, छोड़ देना preskočiti nešto kihagy (vmit) melewatkan sleppa (úr) saltare とばす (끼니를) 거르다 praleisti izlaist; pārlēkt tidak mahu makan overslaan hoppe over opuszczać omitir a sări пропускать vynechať preskočiti preskočiti hoppa över ข้ามไป atlamak, es geçmek 跳過，省掉 пропускати کسی چیز کو چھوڑ کر دوسری چیز کرنا، ترک کرنا bỏ qua 略过省去（一吨饭）等

n

a hop on one foot in skipping. huppel قَفْز على القَدَمين скок poskok hop der Hopser πήδημα στο ένα πόδι salto, brinco hüpe لي لي hyppy petit saut/bond קְפִיצָה עַל רֶגֶל אַחָת एक पांव पर उछलना skakutanje, preskakivanje szökdécselés lompatan valhopp salto, saltello とびはね (한 발로 껑충) 뛰기 šokinėjimas palēciens lompatan sprongetje hopp podskok salto mic salt; săritură прыжок, скачок poskok poskok skakutanje hopp, skutt การกระโดด sekme, atlama 跳 стрибок ایک ٹانگ پر اچھلنا sự nhảy cách quãng 跳

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skip → يَتخطى skákat přes švihadlo springe over hüpfen παραλείπω brincar hyppiä sautiller preskočiti saltare 飛び跳ねる ...을 가볍게 뛰어넘다 overslaan hoppe over opuścić saltar пропускать hoppa กระโดดโลดเต้น atlamak nhảy lò cò 跳过