Skipping - English meaning
Skipping – definitions in English dictionary
verbMove along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.
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She began to skip down the pathverbJump over a rope which is held at both ends by oneself or two other people and turned repeatedly over the head and under the feet, as a game or for exercise.
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Training was centred on running and skippingverbOmit (part of a book that one is reading, or a stage in a sequence that one is following).
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The video manual allows the viewer to skip sections he's not interested inverbFail to attend or deal with as appropriate; miss.
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I wanted to skip my english lesson to visit my motherverbThrow (a stone) so that it ricochets off the surface of water.
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They skipped stones across the creek
verbAct as skip of (a side).
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They lost to another stranraer team, skipped by peter wilson
nounA light, bouncing step; a skipping movement.
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He moved with a strange, dancing skip
nounAn act of passing over part of a sequence of data or instructions.
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Recording is prone to skips if you use your computer heavily while it's recording.
nounA person who is missing, especially one who has defaulted on a debt.
nounA large transportable open-topped container for building and other refuse.
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I've salvaged a carpet from a skip
nounA cage or bucket in which men or materials are lowered and raised in mines and quarries.
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The excavator was sitting at the top of the hole, so it could lower a skip down for the mini digger…
nounThe captain or director of a side at bowls or curling.
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Desert rats carried on their hundred percent winning streak by beating the buriram stompers captain…
Present participle of skip
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Word origin
early 19th century (originally Scots): abbreviation of skipper1.
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