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skip

/skˈɪp/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

  1. bypass
    “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”
  2. intentionally fail to attend
    “cut class”
  3. jump lightly
  4. leave suddenly
    “She persuaded him to decamp”
  5. bound off one point after another
  6. cause to skip over a surface
    “Skip a stone across the pond”

noun

  1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate
  2. a mistake resulting from neglect

Synonyms for skip

Words that rhyme with skip

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