Skip Definition

skĭp

skipped, skipping, skips

verb

skipped, skipping, skips

To leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot and then the other.

Webster's New World

To leap lightly about.

American Heritage

To be deflected from a surface; ricochet.

Webster's New World

To omit attending a session or sessions of (school, church, etc.)

Webster's New World

To pass, or direct the attention, from one point to another, omitting what lies between.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
truant
cut
give up
give over
drop
dismiss
hop-skip
hop
vamoose
decamp
bound off
skitter
skim
skip-over
pass over

Antonyms:

noun

skips

An act of skipping; leap; spring.

Webster's New World

A skipping gait alternating light hops on each foot.

Webster's New World

A passing over or omitting.

Webster's New World

A control mechanism on an audio or video player that interrupts the playing of a recording and advances or reverses to the beginning of the nearest chapter, track, or other division.

American Heritage

A container for receiving, transporting, and dumping waste materials.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
spring
hop
omission

idiom

skip it!

never mind! it doesn't matter!

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Skip

Noun

Singular:

skip

Plural:

skips

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Skip

skip it!

Origin of Skip

A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them.

From Wiktionary
Middle English skippen perhaps of Scandinavian origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Variant of skep (in its earlier meaning, basket)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition