skip
/skɪp/
noun
- A light, quick hopping movement, as in skipping.
- He added a skip to his step when he heard the good news.
- She gave a little skip as she walked.
- The dancer's skip was full of energy.
- An act of omitting or not doing something.
- His skip of the meeting was noticed by the boss.
- The skip of the introduction saved us some time.
- There was a skip in the recording where the sound cut out.
- A large open container for waste, often used at construction sites (chiefly British).
- The builders filled the skip with rubble.
- Please don't put hazardous waste in the skip.
- They rented a skip to get rid of the old furniture.
verb
- To move lightly and quickly by hopping on one foot and then the other.
- He skipped over the puddle to avoid getting his shoes wet.
- She skipped happily across the field.
- The children skipped down the path to the playground.
- To not do something that you usually do or should do; to omit or avoid.
- I decided to skip breakfast this morning because I was running late.
- He skipped class to go to the beach.
- She skipped the last chapter of the book because she was bored.
- To move quickly from one point to another, ignoring what is in between.
- The DVD kept skipping during the movie.
- You can skip to the next track by pressing this button.
- The conversation skipped from topic to topic.
- To cause a stone to bounce across the surface of water.
- She can skip a stone five times before it sinks.
- The kids spent the afternoon skipping rocks at the pond.
- He tried to skip a flat stone across the lake.