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1. To bound lightly: hop, skitter, spring, trip. See move/halt.
2. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected: carom, dap, glance, graze, ricochet, skim. See strike/miss.
3. To cease consideration or treatment of: dismiss, drop, give over, give up. Idioms: have done with, wash one's hands of. See keep/release.
4. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation. abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, run away. Slang lam. Regional absquatulate. Idioms: blowflythe coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See free/unfree.
5. To fail to attend on purpose: cut, truant. Idioms: go AWOL, playhookytruant. See seek/avoid.

noun

A light bounding movement: hop, spring. See move/halt.

Idioms beginning with skip:
skip bail
skip it
skip out

See also heart misses (skips) a beat; hop, skip, and a jump.

v

Definition: avoid, miss
Antonyms: attend, face, meet, take on

v

Definition: bounce over
Antonyms: trudge

1. An area in planed or sanded lumber or panels which was missed by the machine during the surfacing operation; also called planing skip, sanding skip.
2. An uncoated area in a finished painted surface; also called a holiday.

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IN BRIEF: v. - Bypass; Bound off one point after another; Intentionally fail to attend.

If you skip too many classes, your grade will go down.

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noun
noun, N Amer

1: A person who absconds, esp. to avoid paying debts. (1915 —) .
Detroit Free Press Jean Phelan traces all kinds of hard-to-locate 'skips'—the defaulters who have 'skipped' out (1978). verb

2: to skip out to make off, abscond. (1865 —) .
J. Thomson Bibby hadn't turned up. He wondered if he had skipped out (1977).

3:
a: : (let's) skip it orig US An exhortation or command to drop a subject or forget something. (1934 —) .
R. Dentry At home...we cope and never give it a second thought. Out here we—oh, skip it! (1971).

b: : to skip it to leave, esp. hurriedly. (1959 —) .
M. Na Gopaleen The son turned out to be a very bad bit of work, sold all the furniture to buy drink and then skipped it to America (a.1966).

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For a list of words related to skip, see:

• Machinery and Mechanical Devices - skip: basket or bucket, usu. suspended from crane or cables, used to transport materials
• Curricula, Studies, Learning, and Tests - skip: (vb) pass over next grade in school and advance to higher level
• Harmony, Melody, and Structure - skip: melodic interval greater than a second
• Bowling
• Gaits - skip: spring or leap lightly in bounding gait
• Friendly or Familiar Address

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - hoppe, springe, stikke af, rikochettere, slå smut
n. - hoppen, springen, spring, overspringning

idioms:

• skip off    skynde sig væk
• skip over    springe over
• skip zone    død zone, overspringszone
• skipping rope    sjippetov

2.
n. - transportbeholder

3.
n. - holdskipper, holdkaptajn
v. tr. - være holdkaptajn for

Nederlands (Dutch)
overslaan, huppelen, touwtjespringen, missen, schipperen

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - bondir, sautiller, sauter à la corde, voyager/se déplacer d'un endroit à l'autre
n. - petit bond

idioms:

• skip it    laisse tomber (excl)
• skip off    filer, décamper
• skip over    omettre, sauter (par-dessus), passer (un mot, etc)
• skip zone    zone d'omission
• skipping rope    corde à sauter

2.
n. - (GB) benne

3.
n. - capitaine/chef (aux boules ou au curling)
v. tr. - être le capitaine/chef (aux boules ou au curling)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - überspringen, übergehen, schwänzen, (ugs.) abhauen, hüpfen, seilspringen, springen
n. - Sprung

idioms:

• skip it    vergiss es!
• skip off    verschwinden
• skip over    hinüberspringen, übergehen
• skip zone    tote Zone
• skipping rope    Sprungseil

2.
n. - Container, Fördergefäß

3.
n. - Mannschaftskapitän
v. - als Mannschaftskapitän fungieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σκιρτώ, χοροπηδώ, πετάγομαι, πηδώ σκοινάκι, παραλείπω, αγνοώ, αντιπαρέρχομαι, διαβάζω επιτροχάδην/πεταχτά, αποφεύγω να πληρώσω
n. - σκίρτημα, (χορο)πήδημα, παράλειψη, (καθομ.) χορευτικό παρτάκι, μεγάλος κάδος, βαγονέτο, τσάντα ταξιδιού, σακ-βουαγιάζ, (ΗΠΑ) κοπανατζής
abbr. - αρχηγός ομάδας κέρλινγκ

idioms:

• skip off    απομακρύνομαι (πηδηχτά), (καθομ.) την κοπανάω
• skip over    παραλείπω, πηδώ
• skip zone    ζώνη σιγής ασυρμάτου
• skipping rope    σκοινάκι γυμναστικών αναπηδήσεων

Italiano (Italian)
omettere, lasciar perdere, saltellare, saltare la corda

idioms:

• skip off    sparire
• skip over    saltare
• skip zone    zona morta
• skipping rope    corda da salto

Português (Portuguese)
v. - pular, pular corda, mudar de assunto, ricochetear
n. - salto (m), andar (m) saltitante, ricochete (m), caçamba (f)
abbr. - Sipper (m)

idioms:

• skip off    fugir apressadamente
• skip over    fazer pequena viagem
• skip zone    zona (f) do silêncio
• skipping rope    corda (f) de pular

Русский (Russian)
скакать, прыгать через скакалку, бежать вприпрыжку, перепрыгивать, переключаться (на другую тему), пропускать, бегло просматривать, рикошетировать, заставить подскочить, прыжок, пропуск (при чтении), танец, бег, рикошет

idioms:

• skip off    скрыться
• skip over    бегло просматривать, съездить куда-л.
• skip zone    зона молчания
• skipping rope    скакалка

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - saltar, brincar
n. - salto, brinco

idioms:

• skip it    déjalo!, no te preocupes más de eso!
• skip off    moverse rápidamente de un tema a otro, omitir
• skip over    pasar por alto, saltarse
• skip zone    zona de silencio, zona muerta
• skipping rope    comba, saltador

2.
n. - contenedor abierto transportable

3.
n. - capitán o director de un cuadro de bochas
v. tr. - capitanear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hoppa, hoppa över, skippa, skutta, hoppa rep, sticka iväg
n. - hopp, skutt, överhoppning, utfordringsskopa, skip, avfallscontainer, lagkapten
abbr. - sjökapten på mindre båt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跳来跳去, 蹦蹦跳跳, 跳绳, 跳跃, 略过, 跃过, 跳过, 使掠过水面, 跳, 蹦, 省略

idioms:

• skip off    悄悄离去, 匆匆的离去
• skip over    省略
• skip zone    跳越区
• skipping rope    跳绳用绳子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 跳來跳去, 蹦蹦跳跳, 跳繩, 跳躍, 略過
v. tr. - 躍過, 跳過, 使掠過水面, 跳, 略過
n. - 跳, 蹦, 跳繩, 省略

idioms:

• skip off    悄悄離去, 匆匆的離去
• skip over    省略
• skip zone    跳越區
• skipping rope    跳繩用繩子

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 가볍게 뛰다, (돌 따위가) 수면 위로 튀면서 날다, 급히 도망치다
n. - 도약, 생략, 빚을 떼어 먹고 도망간 사람

idioms:

• skip off    셈을 치르지 않고 도망치다
• skip over    뛰어넘다, 건너뛰다

2.
n. - (쇠로 된) 버킷, (광산 등의) 운반용 바스킷

3.
n. - 볼링팀의 주장[감독], 컬링팀의 주장[감독]
v. tr. - 주장 노릇을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 跳ね回る, スキップする, ぴょんと跳ぶ, 縄跳びをする, 跳ぶ, 省く, 飛ばし読みする, 逃げる, 飛び級する
n. - 軽く跳ぶこと, スキップ, 省略すること, 省略

idioms:

• skip off    急いで立ち去る
• skip over    ひょんと飛ぶ, 飛ばして進む
• skip zone    跳躍帯

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطفر أو يقفز, ينصرف خلسه أو على عجل (الاسم) قفزة, وثبه (اختصار) مختصر : رئيس أو قائد السفينه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קפץ, ניתר, כרכר, דילג, פסח, השמיט, נעצר, הסתלק, ברח‬
n. - ‮קפיצה, דילוג‬
n. - ‮ארגז לפסולת בניין, מעלית-מכרה‬
n. - ‮ראש קבוצת כדורת‬
v. tr. - ‮עמד בראש קבוצת כדורת‬

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