skip

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   bypass, move beyond

   I skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible.

2. 2
   verb

   To move by hopping on alternate feet.

   She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

3. 3
   verb

   To leap about lightly.

   The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

4. 4
   verb

   To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

   The rock will skip across the pond.

5. 5
   verb

   To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

   I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

6. 6
   verb

   To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

   My heart will skip a beat.

7. 7
   verb

   Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

   Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.

8. 8
   verb

   To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.

   to skip the country

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”).