skips

/S K IH1 P S/

noun

1
A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
2
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
3
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
4
A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
5
Skywave propagation

verb

1
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
“She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.”
2
To leap about lightly.
3
To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
“The rock will skip across the pond.”
4
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.”
5
To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
“I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.”
6
To place an item in a skip.
7
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.”
8
To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
“a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill”
9
To leap lightly over.
“to skip the rope”
10
To jump rope.
“The girls were skipping in the playground.”
11
(crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

Synonyms

noun

1
A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).
2
A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
3
A skep, or basket.
4
A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
5
(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
6
A beehive.

Synonyms

noun

1
Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
2
(specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
3
The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
4
(bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
5
The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.

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