skip
/skɪp/
noun
Meaning
A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
Skywave propagation
verb
Meaning
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
"She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other."
To leap about lightly.
To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
"The rock will skip across the pond."
To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
"I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond."
To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
"I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it."
To place an item in a skip.
Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
"Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it."
To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
"a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill"
To leap lightly over.
"to skip the rope"
To jump rope.
"The girls were skipping in the playground."
(crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
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