skip
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
Example
“She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.”
Other meanings
To leap about lightly.
To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
“The rock will skip across the pond.”
Related words
- skip-care
- skip bombing
- skipping rope
- hit-skip
- no-skip
- skip a beat
- skip bomber
- skip list
- skip out
- skip printing
- skip rope
- skip town
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "skippen".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “skip” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.