Meaning & Definition of Skip in English
English⟶
Skip
/skɪp/
noun
1. A gait in which steps and hops alternate
synonym:
- skip
2. A mistake resulting from neglect
synonym:
- omission,
- skip
verb
1. Bypass
- "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
synonym:
- jump,
- pass over,
- skip,
- skip over
2. Intentionally fail to attend
- "Cut class"
synonym:
- cut,
- skip
3. Jump lightly
synonym:
- hop,
- skip,
- hop-skip
4. Leave suddenly
- "She persuaded him to decamp"
- "Skip town"
synonym:
- decamp,
- skip,
- vamoose
5. Bound off one point after another
synonym:
- skip,
- bound off
6. Cause to skip over a surface
- "Skip a stone across the pond"
synonym:
- skim,
- skip,
- skitter
Examples of using
A survey shows that many businessmen skip lunch.
If you skip my class, I will kill you.
They skip school all the time.