skip

//skɪp//
A2Frequency Level 8Neutral
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Verb

skipInfinitive
skipPresent tense
skippedPast tense
skippedPast participle
skippingPresent participle
skipsThird-person singular
1

To move forward with light, bouncing steps, hopping on alternate feet.

The children skipped happily down the street.

2

To jump over a rope that is being swung over one's head and under one's feet.

The children skip rope in the playground every day.

3

To omit or pass over something; to leave out.

You can skip the introduction and go straight to chapter one.

4

To fail to attend or participate in something that is expected or scheduled.

I decided to skip the meeting because I wasn't feeling well.

5

To bounce or ricochet off a surface, especially of a flat stone on water.

He skipped a flat stone across the lake.

Noun

skipSingular
skipsPlural
1

A light, bouncing step or movement.

She walked with a happy skip in her step.

2

An act of omitting or passing over something.

I noticed a skip in the page numbers of the book.

skip - Deep Vocabulary