skip

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /skɪp/ See IPA manual

Freq #3266

Meanings

1

verb
to leave out or pass over something instead of dealing with it

I skipped a row in the text and the sentence stopped making sense.
2

verb
to not attend something, such as a class or meeting

I really shouldn't skip the meeting, but I'm tempted to.
3

verb
to move forward lightly, hopping from one foot to the other

The children skipped happily down the path.
4

verb
to bounce or cause something to bounce across a surface

He likes to skip stones across the pond.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Multiword verbs with skip

skip over Prepositional verb B2

to pass a section or item without reading or dealing with it

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to leave out or pass over... pass overskip over

2 verb · to not attend something,... play hooky

Word family

Forms skippedskippingskips

Derived forms frameskipgliphit-skipno-skipnonskippingoutskipoverskipskip-careskip-gramskip-levelskip-raidingskip-stop

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Phrases (3)

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skip stones
to throw flat stones so that they bounce along the surface of water

Verb + noun
skip a step
to omit a stage in a process or set of instructions

Verb + noun
skip over
to pass a section or item without reading or dealing with it

Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology

From Middle English skep, skeppe, from Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa, skjappa (“basket, bushel, measure”), perhaps from Middle Low German scheppe (“a unit of weight”), perhaps related to Middle Low German schēpel (“buschel, measurement for grain”), German Scheffel (“bushel”). These could all ultimately be related to *skap (“shape”).

skep Middle English sceppe Old English skeppa Old Norse scheppe gml

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# skip

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /skɪp/
**Frequency rank:** 3266

## Meanings
1. to leave out or pass over something instead of dealing with it
2. to not attend something, such as a class or meeting
3. to move forward lightly, hopping from one foot to the other
4. to bounce or cause something to bounce across a surface

## Examples
- I skipped a row in the text and the sentence stopped making sense.
- I really shouldn't skip the meeting, but I'm tempted to.
- The children skipped happily down the path.
- He likes to skip stones across the pond.

## Derived Forms
- frameskip
- glip
- hit-skip
- no-skip
- nonskipping
- outskip
- overskip
- skip-care
- skip-gram
- skip-level
- skip-raiding
- skip-stop

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: skep
- Root: sceppe
- Root: skeppa
- Root: scheppe

## Etymology
From Middle English skep, skeppe, from Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa, skjappa (“basket, bushel, measure”), perhaps from Middle Low German scheppe (“a unit of weight”), perhaps related to Middle Low German schēpel (“buschel, measurement for grain”), German Scheffel (“bushel”). These could all ultimately be related to *skap (“shape”).

## AI Etymology
Skip is from Middle English skep, skeppe, from Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa, skjappa (“basket, bushel, measure”), perhaps from Middle Low German scheppe (“a unit of weight”), perhaps related to Middle Low German schēpel (“buschel, measurement for grain”), German Scheffel (“bushel”). These could all ultimately be related to *skap (“shape”). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English skep, Old English sceppe, Old Norse skeppa, gml scheppe. In current use it includes senses such as to leave out or pass over something instead of dealing with it and to not attend something, such as a class or meeting.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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