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Synonyms for skip

Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : skɪp

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Définition of skip

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse skopa "to take a run," Middle Swedish skuppa "to skip, leap," from Proto-Germanic *skupan (cf. Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Related: Skipped; skipping.
  • Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. Meaning "to cause to skip or bound" is from 1680s. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.
  • verb bounce or jump over
  • verb avoid, miss
Example sentences :
  • But the minute we started to skip out the professor says, "No, you don't!"
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • I skip it all, the renewed greetings, the hospitality, the noise.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • Cal'late Lulie forgot that when she told him to skip out that way.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Sometimes I have half a mind to skip off and do my wooing myself.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • On reaching the top of the brow, she began to skip and run where the road descends by Folieu.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Skip and I heard it purring when we first came in here this afternoon.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • Smith had provided many courses and it was impossible to skip any of them.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • “I skip to the house of the rich man at the top of the hill,” said the pot.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • “I skip to the barn of the rich man at the top of the hill,” said the little pot.
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • You 'd read it if in the "Morning Post," but I'm afraid you'd skip it from me.
  • Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. » by Charles James Lever

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