skip

B2
Pronunciation
/skɪp/
Noun
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

2 Definition

The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

3 Definition

A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

4 Definition

A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

5 Definition

Skywave propagation

6 Definition

A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).

7 Definition

A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

8 Definition

A skep, or basket.

9 Definition

A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.

10 Definition

(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.

11 Definition

A beehive.

12 Definition

Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.

13 Definition

(specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.

14 Definition

The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

15 Definition

(bowls) 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.

16 Definition

The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.

17 Definition

An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

18 Definition

(college slang) A college servant.

Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

Example Sentences
  • She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
2 Definition

To leap about lightly.

3 Definition

To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

Example Sentences
  • The rock will skip across the pond.
4 Definition

To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

Example Sentences
  • I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.
5 Definition

To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

Example Sentences
  • I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.
6 Definition

To place an item in a skip.

7 Definition

Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

Example Sentences
  • Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.
8 Definition

To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.

Example Sentences
  • a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill
9 Definition

To leap lightly over.

Example Sentences
  • to skip the rope
10 Definition

To jump rope.

Example Sentences
  • The girls were skipping in the playground.
11 Definition

(crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.