skip

English

/skɪp/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
  • (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
  • (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
  • (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
  • (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
  • To place an item in a skip.
  • (transitive) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
  • (transitive) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
  • To leap lightly over.
  • To jump rope.
  • (knitting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

Etymology

Derived from Middle English skippen derived from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skupjaną

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