English Explanatory Dictionary

skip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move by hopping on alternate feet.
  2. To leap about lightly.
  3. To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
  4. To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
  5. To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
  6. Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
  7. To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
  8. To leap lightly over.
  9. To jump rope.
  10. To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
  11. To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
  12. To have insufficient ink transfer.
noun
  1. A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
  2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
  3. A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
  4. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
  5. A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
  6. skywave propagation
  7. A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
noun
  1. A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
  2. A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
  3. A skip car.
  4. A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
  5. A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
  6. A charge of syrup in the pans.
  7. A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
verb
  1. To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
noun
  1. A skipper; the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
  2. The captain of a sports team.
  3. The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
  4. The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
  5. The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
noun
  1. An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
noun
  1. A college servant.
noun
  1. A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
name
  1. A male given name from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

skĭp /skɪp/ en-au-skip.ogg

Word forms

skip skips skipping skipped no-table-tags glossary skippest skippedst skippeth skippy

Etymology

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”). Related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp (“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related.

Synonyms

play hooky dumpster skep grandboss

Antonyms

stack

Related words

limey wog gyp scout

Derived words

frameskip glip hit-skip nonskipping no-skip outskip overskip skip a beat skipable skipathon skip bleach skip bomber skip bombing skip-care skip-gram skip-level skip list skip out skippable skippingly skipping rope skip printing skip rope skip school skip-stop skip the line skip town skiptrace skip tracer skip tracing skipworthy timeskip unskip unskipped vice-skip mini skip skipful skip hoist skipless skipload skip lorry skipman skip-raiding

Translations

Finnish: roskalava Finnish: jätelava French: benne Galician: contedor Galician: colector do lixo German: Schuttcontainer German: Absetzmulde German: Container German: Müllcontainer German: Mulde German: Schuttmulde Hungarian: billenőkocsi Italian: cassone Māori: taiaroa Māori: taiaroa para Norman: bîngue Polish: kosz na śmieci Portuguese: caçamba Portuguese: caçamba de entulho Serbo-Croatian: kontejner za otpad Serbo-Croatian: baja Swedish: container
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