skip
1 of 4verb (1)
ˈskip 
skipped; skipping
intransitive verb
1
a
: to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip
b
: to bound off one point after another : ricochet
2
: to leave hurriedly or secretly
skipped out without paying their bill
3
a
: to pass over or omit an interval, item, or step
b
: to omit a grade in school in advancing to the next
c
: misfire sense 1
transitive verb
1
a
: to pass over without notice or mention : omit
skipped her name
b
: to pass by or leave out (a step in a progression or series)
2
a
: to cause to skip (a grade in school)
b
: to cause to bound or skim over a surface
skip a stone across a pond
3
: to leap over lightly and nimbly
4
a
: to depart from quickly and secretly
skipped town
b
: to fail to attend or participate in
skip the tournament
skippable
ˈski-pə-bəl
adjective skip
2 of 4noun (1)
1
a
: a light bounding step
b
: a gait composed of alternating hops and steps
2
: an act of omission or the thing omitted
skip
3 of 4noun (2)
1
: the captain of a side in a game (such as curling or lawn bowling) who advises the team as to the play and controls the action
2
: skipper entry 2
skip
4 of 4verb (2)
skipped; skipping
transitive verb
: to act as skipper of
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- bounce
- bound
- hop
- lollop
- lope
- trip
Noun (2)
- captain
- commander
- skipper
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English skippen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect skopa to hop
Noun (2)
short for skipper entry 2
First Known Use
Verb (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
Noun (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun (2)
1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1900, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing skip
Kids Definition
skip 1 of 2
verb
ˈskip
skipped; skipping
1
: to move by taking short light steps and jumps
2
: to pass over or omit an item, space, or step
I think you skipped a page.
3
: to leap over lightly and nimbly
4
: to fail to attend or do
Everyone in the class seemed perfectly willing to skip arithmetic for one morning.
E. B. White, Stuart Little
E. B. White, Stuart Little5
: to bound or cause to bound off one point after another : skim
We were skipping stones on the pond.
skip
2 of 2noun
1
: a light bounding step
2
: a way of moving by hops and steps
skip 1 of 2
verb
1
as in to hop
to move with a light springing step children skipping along the woodland path Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- hop
- bounce
- jump
- leap
- bound
- trip
- lope
- lollop
- romp
- skim
- frisk
- caper
- gambol
- skitter
- vault
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- trudge
- lumber
- plod
2
as in to miss
to fail to attend the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach Synonyms & Similar Words
- miss
- ignore
- blow off
- cut
- play hooky
- neglect
- pass over
- absent oneself
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- attend
- show up (for)
3
as in to bounce
to strike and fly off at an angle the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor Synonyms & Similar Words
- bounce
- skim
- glance
- rebound
- brush
- sweep
- bump
- hit
- shave
- contact
- ricochet
- rake
- carom
- graze
- kiss
- nudge
- touch
- reflect
- sideswipe
skip
2 of 2noun
as in captain
a person in overall command of a ship the skip's barking orders again Synonyms & Similar Words
- captain
- commander
- skipper
- pilot
- sea captain
- master
- admiral
- commanding officer
- officer
- vice admiral
- commodore
- mate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- crew
- crewman
- crewmate