skip

verb
UK: /skɪp/
US: /skɪp/

  1. To move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

    1. She likes to skip in the park. [ ] [ ]
    2. The children skip happily along the path to school every morning. [ ] [ ]

  2. To leave out or omit something; to not do something.

    1. I will skip breakfast today. [ ] [ ]
    2. You can skip the introduction if you already know the topic well. [ ] [ ]

  3. To throw a flat stone across water so that it bounces off the surface.

    1. He can skip stones really well. [ ] [ ]
    2. They tried to skip stones across the lake during their summer vacation. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

ignore bounce omit hop jump miss container
skip noun

  1. A light bounding movement; a hop.

    1. She walked with a skip. [ ] [ ]
    2. The child's skip showed their excitement for the birthday party. [ ] [ ]

  2. An act of omitting something.

    1. There was a skip in the recording. [ ] [ ]
    2. The editor noticed a skip in the sequence of the chapters. [ ] [ ]
skip noun

  1. A large open container for holding and transporting waste material or rubble, typically used on building sites.

    1. The skip is full of trash. [ ] [ ]
    2. They put the old furniture in the skip outside the house for removal. [ ] [ ]
skip phrasal-verb

  1. To leave a place quickly or secretly, often to avoid trouble.

    1. They will skip town tonight. [ ] [ ]
    2. He decided to skip the country after the scandal became public knowledge. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "skip" in English means: To move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce., To leave out or omit something; to not do something., To throw a flat stone across water so that it bounces off the surface..

The phonetic transcription of "skip" is /skɪp/ in British English and /skɪp/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "skip": ignore, bounce, omit, hop, jump, miss, container.

Example usage of "skip": "She likes to skip in the park.". More examples on the page.