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verb | noun skipskip1 /skɪp/ ●●○ S3 verb (skipped, skipping) ETYMOLOGYskip1Origin: 1200-1300 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEskip |
Present | I, you, we, they | skip | | he, she, it | skips | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | skipped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have skipped | | he, she, it | has skipped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had skipped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will skip | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have skipped |
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Present | I | am skipping | | he, she, it | is skipping | | you, we, they | are skipping | Past | I, he, she, it | was skipping | | you, we, they | were skipping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been skipping | | he, she, it | has been skipping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been skipping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be skipping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been skipping |
► skip class/school He skipped school three days in a row. THESAURUSupward► jumpa) to push yourself suddenly up in the air using your legs: How high can you jump? Lewis jumped 27 feet in the Olympics.b) to go over or across something by jumping: A kid could easily jump that fence. ► skip to move forward with little jumps between your steps: The two little girls skipped off down the sidewalk. ► hop to move around by jumping on one leg: I twisted my ankle, and had to hop across the back yard to sit down. ► spring to jump or move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction. Used especially in writing or literature: She sprang up nervously when she heard the doorbell ring. ► dive to jump into water with your head and arms first: The pool is not deep enough to dive into. ► bounce to jump up and down several times, especially on a surface that is soft and helps you to go up and down: The kids were bouncing on the trampoline. ► pounce to suddenly jump on a person or animal to try to catch him, her, or it, especially from a place where you were hiding: The cats like to pounce on flies as they buzz in the windows. ► leap to jump high into the air or over something: The deer leaped over a fallen log and disappeared. ► hurdle to jump over something while you are running: The man hurdled a low fence as he ran away. ► vault to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you: A young man ran past, vaulting the brick wall at the end of the parking lot. 1NOT DO something [transitive] to not do something that you usually do, or that you should do: Skipping meals is not a good way to lose weight.skip class/school He skipped school three days in a row.2NOT DEAL WITH something [intransitive, transitive] to not read, mention, or deal with something that would normally come or happen next: I decided to skip the first two chapters.skip to Well, let’s skip to question eight for now.skip over Can we skip over the details?3CHANGE SUBJECTS [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to go from one subject or activity to another in no particular order: skip around I wish you wouldn’t keep skipping around.skip from something to something She keeps skipping from one topic to another.4MOVE ON FOOT [intransitive] to move forward with little jumps between big jumping steps: Shelly skipped down the sidewalk.► see thesaurus at jump15skip it! spoken informal used to say angrily and rudely that you do not want to talk about something6skip town/the country to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts7skip a year/grade to start a new school year in a class that is one year ahead of the class you would normally enter8skip a rock/stone to throw a smooth flat stone into a lake, river, etc. in a way that makes it jump across the surface9skip rope to jump over a rope as you swing it over your head and under your feet, as a game or for exercise SYN jump rope10BALL [intransitive always + adv./prep.] if a ball or something similar skips off a surface, it quickly moves away from that surface after hitting it: skip off/along/across etc. The ball skipped off his glove and bounced toward the fence.skip out phrasal verb to leave suddenly and secretly, especially in order to avoid being punished or paying money: They skipped out without paying.skip out on Joel skipped out on his wife when she was eight months pregnant. verb | noun skipskip2 noun [countable] a quick light stepping and jumping movement |