English Dictionary

skip

/skɪp/

verb

(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet. / (intransitive) To leap about lightly. / (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

I always skip breakfast.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

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

意味（2）

(intransitive) To leap about lightly.

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

意味（3）

(intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

The rock will skip across the pond.

意味（4）

(transitive) 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.

意味（5）

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

My heart will skip a beat.

意味（6）

(transitive, informal) 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.

意味（7）

(transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.

to skip the country

意味（8）

To leap lightly over.

to skip the rope

意味（9）

To jump rope.

The girls were skipping in the playground.

意味（10）

(knitting, crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

意味（11）

(printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.