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skip¹
- /skɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
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.
verb skips · skipping · skipped · skip
- To move by hopping on alternate feet. She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
- To leap about lightly. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
- To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. The rock will skip across the pond.
- To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.
- To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). My heart will skip a beat.
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Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.
Similar: play hooky
- To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner. to skip the country
- To leap lightly over. to skip the rope
- To jump rope. The girls were skipping in the playground.
- 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)
- To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
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To have insufficient ink transfer.
Opposite: stack
noun skips
- A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- 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.
- A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips.
- skywave propagation
- A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
skip²
- /skɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
From Middle English skep, skeppe, from Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa, skjappa (“basket, bushel, measure”), perhaps from Middle Low German scheppe (“a unit of weight”), perhaps related to Middle Low German schēpel (“buschel, measurement for grain”), German Scheffel (“bushel”). These could all ultimately be related to *skap (“shape”).
noun skips
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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.
Similar: dumpster
- A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. Beside it was a great engine which worked a continuous steel rope on which the skips were fastened which drew up the débris by successive stages from the bottom of the shaft.
- A skip car.
- A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket. In a panic he pushed the prostesting Catweazle inside an empty clothes skip and sat down on the lid just as his father and Sam came in.
- A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
- A charge of syrup in the pans.
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A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
Similar: skep
verb skips · skipping · skipped
- To place (an item) in a skip (large container for waste).
skip³
- /skɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
Late Middle English skipper, borrowed from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schipper (“captain”), earlier "seaman", from schip (“ship”).
noun skips
- Short for skipper, especially as (nautical) the master of a ship; (sports) a team captain; (UK, law enforcement) a detective sergeant; or any other person with similar moderate authority.
- The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- 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.
- The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization).
verb skips · skipping · skipped
- To act as skipper, or captain, of a team.
skip⁴
- /skɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. Ultimately from etymology 1 (above).
noun skips · skippy
- An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest, Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she? Barber: She is Australian. Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.
skip⁵
- /skɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
17th-century Ireland. Possibly a clipping of skip-kennel (“young lackey or assistant”). Used at Trinity College Dublin.
noun skips
- A college servant. Behind the Counter stood a complaisant Spark, who I observ'd shew'd as much Breeding in the sale of a Penny-worth of Tobacco, and the change of a Shilling, as a Courtier's Footman when he meets his Brother Skip in the middle of Covent-Garden; and is so very dexterous in discharge of his Occupation,
skip⁶
- /skɪp/
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
Clipping of skip-level manager.
noun skips
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A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
My skip is helpful when my team lead is being uptight.
Similar: grandboss
Skip⁷
proper noun
- A male given name from Old Norse.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hop, jump, skim, skitter, pass over, vamoose, decamp, cut, omission, bound off, hop-skip, skip over, leap, bounce, bang, explode
Translations
Every language
verb move by hopping on alternate feet
| Español | saltar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | はね回る hanemawaru |
| 中文 | 跳 tiào |
| Português | saltitar |
| Français | sautiller |
| Deutsch | hüpfen |
| Italiano | balzare, saltellare |
| Ελληνικά | χοροπηδώ choropidó |
| Русский | перескакивать pereskakivatʹ |
verb leap about lightly
| Deutsch | springen, hüpfen, tänzeln, herumspringen, herumhüpfen |
|---|
verb throw something, making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface
| Deutsch | flippen |
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verb omit or disregard intermediate items or stages
| Español | saltar, saltear, soslayar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 飛ばす tobasu |
| Português | pular |
| Français | sauter |
| Deutsch | überschlagen, überspringen |
| Italiano | saltare, tralasciare |
| Русский | пропуска́ть propuskátʹ, пропусти́ть propustítʹ |
verb transitive: to not to attend
| Español | saltarse, saltear |
|---|---|
| Português | faltar, matar |
| Français | manquer, sauter |
| Deutsch | verpassen, auslassen, schwänzen, sausen lassen, sich etwas schenken, blaumachen |
| Italiano | saltare |
| Русский | пропуска́ть propuskátʹ, пропусти́ть propustítʹ, прогу́ливать progúlivatʹ, прогуля́ть proguljátʹ |
| עברית | הבריז |
verb leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner
| Deutsch | sich davonmachen, sich entziehen, abhauen |
|---|---|
| Русский | улизну́ть uliznútʹ, ускользну́ть uskolʹznútʹ, смы́ться smýtʹsja |
verb leap lightly over
| Deutsch | drüberhüpfen, drüberspringen, rüberspringen, rüberhüpfen |
|---|---|
| Русский | перескочи́ть pereskočítʹ |
noun open-topped rubbish bin
| Português | caçamba, caçamba de entulho |
|---|---|
| Français | benne |
| Deutsch | Schuttcontainer, Absetzmulde, Container, Müllcontainer, Mulde, Schuttmulde |
| Italiano | cassone |
noun mining: transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock
| Deutsch | Fördergefäß |
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title = {skip},
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