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skip-a-beat

Verb

(third-person singular simple present skips a beat, present participle skipping a beat, simple past and past participle skipped a beat)

  1. (literally) To miss a beat.
  2. (by extension, when of a heart) To experience a strong emotion.
  3. (by extension, idiomatic) To momentarily falter.
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  • miss-a-beat
  • skipping-a-beat
  • skips-a-beat
  • skipped-a-beat
  • skipload
  • skipful
  • forbeat
  • skip-hoist
  • skip-car
  • beat-the-stuffing-out-of

WORDS NEAR skip-a-beat IN THE DICTIONARY


  • skinwalkers
  • skiophyte
  • skiophytes
  • skip
  • skip-a-beat
  • skip-a-generation
  • skip-car
  • skip-cars
  • skip distance
  • skip-hoist
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