Meaning

14 senses

  1. (intransitive)To move by hopping on alternate feet.

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

    hüpfen

    перескакиватьpereskakivatʹ

  2. (intransitive)To leap about lightly.

    springen, hüpfen, tänzeln

    jump lightly

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

    The rock will skip across the pond.

    springen, hüpfen

    cause to skip over a surface

  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.

    flippen

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

    My heart will skip a beat.

    He skipped the second question and moved on.

    überschlagen, überspringen

    пропуска́тьpropuskátʹ, пропусти́тьpropustítʹ

    пропускатиpropuskaty, пропуститиpropustyty, упускатиupuskaty

  6. (informal, transitive)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.

    verpassen, auslassen, schwänzen

    пропуска́тьpropuskátʹ, пропусти́тьpropustítʹ, прогу́ливатьprogúlivatʹ

    intentionally fail to attend

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

    to skip the country

    a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill

    sich davonmachen, sich entziehen, abhauen

    улизну́тьuliznútʹ, ускользну́тьuskolʹznútʹ, смы́тьсяsmýtʹsja

    leave suddenly

  8. To leap lightly over.

    to skip the rope

    drüberhüpfen, drüberspringen, rüberspringen

    перескочи́тьpereskočítʹ

  9. To jump rope.

    The girls were skipping in the playground.

  10. To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)

  11. To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

  12. To have insufficient ink transfer.

Examples

450 sentences

  1. They skip school all the time.

    Вони весь час прогулюють школу. — deniko

    ruОни всё время прогуливают школу. — JeNNeR

    deSie schwänzen ständig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I shouldn't have skipped the meeting.

    Я не повинен був пропускати зустріч. — deniko

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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. — ChickenKiev

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

    Моєму вчителеві фізики байдуже, чи пропущу я заняття. — uaspeaker

    ruМоему учителю физики все равно, пропущу ли я занятия. — Dorenda

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

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  5. I skipped my breakfast.

    Я пропустив сніданок. — deniko

    deIch habe das Frühstück ausgelassen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
omit or disregard intermediate items or stages:
Русский
By meaning 5
move by hopping on alternate feet:
omit or disregard intermediate items or stages:
transitive: to not to attend:
leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner:
leap lightly over:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
move by hopping on alternate feet:
leap about lightly:
throw something, making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface:
omit or disregard intermediate items or stages:
transitive: to not to attend:
leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner:
leap lightly over:

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”).

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Forms

skips, skipping, skipped, skipped
Base formskip · to skip
3rd person singularskips
Present participleskipping
Past simpleskipped
Past participleskipped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskip
he, she, itskips

Past simpleLesson

all personsskipped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skipped
he, she, ithas skipped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skip

Synonyms

12 synonyms
not to attend:play hooky
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
stackB2

Word family

1 related words
Relatedskipper

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
skinnyskintskipperskirmish
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