Definition of 'skip'

Noun

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

Verb

1. bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
      Synonyms: jump pass over skip over
2. intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"
      Synonyms: cut
3. jump lightly
      Synonyms: hop hop-skip
4. leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
      Synonyms: decamp vamoose
5. bound off one point after another
      Synonyms: bound off
6. cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
      Synonyms: skim skitter

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