skip

UK: /ˈskɪp/ US: /skɪp/ ,(skip)

Inflections of 'skip' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

skips

v 3rd person singular

skipping

v pres p

skipped

v past

skipped

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

skip¹ /skɪp/   v., skipped, skip•ping, n. 
v. 

1. to move in a light, springy manner by hopping forward on first one foot then the other:
   [no object] The child skipped alongside him.
2. to jump lightly over:
   [~ + object] to skip rope.
3. to pass from (one point, etc.) to another, disregarding or failing to act on what comes between: [no object]
   The teacher skipped around from one subject to another during his lecture.
   [~ + object]
   The teacher skipped chapter five and said it wouldn't be on the test.
4. to go away quickly and secretly from (some place);
   flee without notice: [~ + object]
   The criminals skipped town.
   [no object]
   We won't catch them; they've already skipped.
5. Education to (cause to) be advanced (one or more classes or grades) at once: [~ + object]
   She skipped a couple of grades.
   [no object]
   She was allowed to skip to the next grade.
6. to (cause to) bounce along a surface, usually by throwing or being thrown: [no object]
   The stone skipped over the lake.
   [~ + object]
   He taught her how to skip stones in the water.
7. to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of actions):
   [~ + object] My heart skipped a beat.
8. to be absent from;
   avoid attendance at:
   [~ + object] skipped class again.

n. [countable]

9. a skipping movement.
10. an instance of skipping or a thing skipped.

skip² /skɪp/   n. 

1. Informal Terms skipper.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

skip¹  (skip), v., skipped, skip•ping, n. 
v.i. 

1. to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
2. to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes:
   He skipped through the book quickly.
3. to go away hastily and secretly;
   flee without notice.
4. Education to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once.
5. to ricochet or bounce along a surface:
   The stone skipped over the lake.

v.t. 

6. to jump lightly over:
   The horse skipped the fence.
7. to pass over without reading, noting, acting, etc.:
   He skipped the bad parts.
8. to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions):
   My heart skipped a beat.
9. to be absent from;
   avoid attendance at:
   to skip a school class.
10. to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.
11. Informal Terms to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place):
    They skipped town.
12. Informal Terms skip out on, to flee or abandon;
    desert:
    He skipped out on his wife and two children.

n. 

13. a skipping movement;
    a light jump or bounce.
14. a gait marked by such jumps.
15. a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes:
    a quick skip through Europe.
16. Music and Dance a melodic interval greater than a second.
17. a natural depression below the surface of a planed board.
18. Informal Terms a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities.

• Old Norse skopa to run (compare Icelandic skoppa to skip); (noun, nominal) late Middle English skyppe, derivative of the verb, verbal
• (verb, verbal) Middle English skippen, perh. 1250–1300

skip′ping•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 1. caper, hop.
  Skip, bound refer to an elastic, springing movement. To skip is to give a series of light, quick hops alternating the feet:
  to skip about.
  Bound suggests a series of long, rather vigorous leaps; it is also applied to a springing or leaping type of walking or running rapidly and actively:
  A dog came bounding up to meet him.
• 2. skim.
• 13. leap, spring, caper, hop.

skip²  (skip), n., v., skipped, skip•ping. 
n. 

1. Sport the captain of a curling or bowling team.
2. Informal Terms skipper¹.

v.t. 

3. Sport to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).
4. Informal Terms skipper¹.

• short for skipper¹ 1820–30

skip³  (skip), n. 

1. Mining a metal box for carrying ore, hauled vertically or on an incline.
2. Metallurgy See skip car. 

• alteration of skep 1805–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

skip / skɪp/ verb (skips, skipping, skipped)

1. when intr, often followed by over, along, into, etc: to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other
2. (intransitive) to jump over a skipping-rope
3. to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way
4. to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another: to skip a chapter of a book
5. (intransitive) followed by through: to read or deal with quickly or superficially
6. (transitive) to miss deliberately: to skip school
7. (transitive) to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy: to skip town

noun

1. a skipping movement or gait
2. the act of passing over or omitting
3. skip it! ⇒ it doesn't matter!

Etymology: 13th Century: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Old Norse skopa to take a run, obsolete Swedish skuppa to skip

skip / skɪp/ noun , verb (skips, skipping, skipped)

1. 
   short for skipper1

skip / skɪp/ noun

1. a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
   US equivalent: dumpster
2. a cage used as a lift in mines, etc

Etymology: 19th Century: variant of skep