skip

Meanings

1. 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. 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. 3
   verb

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

   The children skipped happily down the path.

4. 4
   verb

   to bounce or cause something to bounce across a surface

   He likes to skip stones across the pond.

Common collocations

• skip stones Verb + noun
• skip a step Verb + noun

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”).

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