SKIPPING

SKIP

jump, pass over, skip, skip over

(verb) bypass; “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”

skim, skip, skitter

(verb) cause to skip over a surface; “Skip a stone across the pond”

skip, bound off

(verb) bound off one point after another

hop, skip, hop-skip

(verb) jump lightly

decamp, skip, vamoose

(verb) leave suddenly; “She persuaded him to decamp”; “skip town”

cut, skip

(verb) intentionally fail to attend; “cut class”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

skipping

present participle of skip

Noun

skipping (plural skippings)

The act by which something is skipped or omitted.

Source: Wiktionary


SKIP

Skip, n. Etym: [See Skep.]

1. A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

3. (Mining)

Definition: An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

4. (Sugar Manuf.)

Definition: A charge of sirup in the pans.

5. A beehive; a skep.

Skip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.] Etym: [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.]

1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play Pope. So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. Hawthorne.

2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.

Skip, v. t.

1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. Bp. Burnet.

3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]

Skip, n.

1. A light leap or bound.

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

3. (Mus.)

Definition: A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Busby. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] Swift.

– Skip mackerel. (Zoöl.) See Bluefish, 1.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SPOT

(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”


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