skip (n.)

  1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate

  2. a mistake resulting from neglect

    [ Syn: omission ]

    skip (v.)

  1. bypass; He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible

    [ Syn: jump , pass over , skip over ]

  2. intentionally fail to attend; cut class

    [ Syn: cut ]

  3. jump lightly

    [ Syn: hop , hop-skip ]

  4. leave suddenly; She persuaded him to decamp; skip town

    [ Syn: decamp , vamoose ]

  5. bound off one point after another

    [ Syn: bound off ]

  6. cause to skip over a surface; Skip a stone across the pond

    [ Syn: skim , skitter ]

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