SKIP (skipped, skipping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does skip mean?
• SKIP (noun)
The noun SKIP has 2 senses:
1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate
2. a mistake resulting from neglect
Familiarity information: SKIP used as a noun is rare.
• SKIP (verb)
The verb SKIP has 6 senses:
1. bypass
2. intentionally fail to attend
3. jump lightly
4. leave suddenly
5. bound off one point after another
6. cause to skip over a surface
Familiarity information: SKIP used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• SKIP (noun)
Meaning:
A gait in which steps and hops alternate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("skip" is a kind of...):
gait (a person's manner of walking)
Meaning:
A mistake resulting from neglect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
omission; skip
Hypernyms ("skip" is a kind of...):
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skip"):
failure (an unexpected omission)
• SKIP (verb)
Meaning:
Bypass
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
skip over; skip; pass over; jump
Context example:
He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):
drop; leave out; miss; neglect; omit; overleap; overlook; pretermit (leave undone or leave out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Intentionally fail to attend
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
skip; cut
Context example:
cut class
Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):
miss (fail to attend an event or activity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "skip"):
bunk off; play hooky (play truant from work or school)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Jump lightly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
hop; hop-skip; skip
Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):
bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Also:
skip over (bypass)
Meaning:
Leave suddenly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
vamoose; decamp; skip
Context examples:
She persuaded him to decamp / skip town
Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Meaning:
Bound off one point after another
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bound off; skip
Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):
bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Cause to skip over a surface
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
skitter; skim; skip
Context example:
Skip a stone across the pond
Hypernyms (to "skip" is one way to...):
throw (project through the air)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
