Meaning

20 senses
  1. A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.

    Hüpfer, Hopser, Sprung

  2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

  3. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

    A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.

  4. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

  5. A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

  6. Skywave propagation

  7. (informal)A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.

  8. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.

  9. A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

    Fördergefäß

  10. A skip car.

  11. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.

  12. A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.

More definitions
  • a gait in which steps and hops alternate
  • a mistake resulting from neglect

Examples

450 sentences
  1. They skip school all the time.

    Вони весь час прогулюють школу.

    ruОни всё время прогуливают школу.

    deSie schwänzen ständig.

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  2. I shouldn't have skipped the meeting.

    Я не повинен був пропускати зустріч.

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  3. Once you skip a lesson, it's hard to catch up with your classmates.

    Якщо пропустиш лекцію, то буде важко надолужити відставання від однокласників.

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  4. My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.

    Моєму вчителеві фізики байдуже, чи пропущу я заняття.

    ruМоему учителю физики все равно, пропущу ли я занятия.

    deMeinem Physiklehrer ist es egal, wenn ich den Unterricht schwänze.

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  5. I skipped my breakfast.

    Я пропустив сніданок.

    deIch habe das Frühstück ausgelassen.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
open-topped rubbish bin:
leaping, jumping or skipping movement:
mining: transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock:

Origin

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germ

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”).

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”).

Late Middle English skipper, borrowed from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schipper (“captain”), earlier "seaman", from schip (“ship”).

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. Ultimately from etymology 1 (above).

17th-century Ireland. Possibly a clipping of skip-kennel (“young lackey or assistant”). Used at Trinity College Dublin.

Clipping of skip-level manager.

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Forms

plural: skips
Singularskip
Pluralskips

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a mistake resulting from neglect:omission

Word family

45 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • skipped class
  • skipped breakfast
  • skipped school
  • skip lunch
  • often skips
  • skipped class today
  • skipped school yesterday
  • skip school today
  • skip meals
  • let's skip

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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