skip
pronunciation
How to pronounce skip in British English:
UK [skɪp]
How to pronounce skip in American English:
US [skɪp]
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- Noun:
- a gait in which steps and hops alternate
- a mistake resulting from neglect
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- Verb:
- bypass
- intentionally fail to attend
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly
- bound off one point after another
- cause to skip over a surface
Word Origin
- skip (v.)
- c. 1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skopa "to take a run," Middle Swedish skuppa "to skip, leap," from Proto-Germanic *skupan (cognates: Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Related: Skipped; skipping. Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. Meaning "to cause to skip or bound" is from 1680s. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.
- skip (n.2)
- short for skipper (n.1), 1830, originally in sports jargon (curling).
- skip (n.1)
- "a spring, a bound," early 15c., from skip (v.). Meaning "a passing over or disregarding" is from 1650s.
Example
- 1. Skip the opening night pep talk from klaus schwab
- 2. Admittedly , these things do sometimes skip a generation .
- 3. This should make our hearts skip a beat .
- 4. We skip a couple pages .
- 5. If we skip a step or change the order we won 't get the same results .