skip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: skĭp, IPA(key): /skɪp/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology 1
From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, *skupaną (“to scoff, mock”), related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Middle Swedish skuppa (“to skip”).
Verb
skip (third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- Alexander Pope
- The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.
- 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:
- The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break - left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up.
- Alexander Pope
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- The rock will skip across the pond.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
- After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- My heart will skip a beat.
- I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.
- Bishop Burnet
- They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.
- To place an item in a skip.
- (transitive, informal) 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.
- (transitive, informal) To leave
- to skip the country
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
- I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast
- She really want to skip town
- Get back off me, beast off me
- Get back you flea-infested mongrel
- To leap lightly over.
- to skip the rope
- To jump rope.
- The girls were skipping in the playground.
Synonyms
- (informal, not to attend): (US) play hookie
Translations
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Noun
skip (plural skips)
- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Busby to this entry?)
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- 2012, Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)
- Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips.
- 2012, Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)
- (radio) skywave propagation
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
skip (plural skips)
- (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents (see also skep).
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A skep, or basket.
- A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- A beehive.
Synonyms
- (open-topped rubbish bin): dumpster (Canada, US)
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
skip (plural skips)
- Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
Translations
Etymology 4
A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them.[1]
Alternative forms
Noun
skip (plural skips)
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,
- Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?
- Barber: She is Australian.
- Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.
- 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,
Translations
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːp/
Declension
Declension of skip | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skip | skipið | skip | skipini |
accusative | skip | skipið | skip | skipini |
dative | skipi | skipinum | skipum | skipunum |
genitive | skips | skipsins | skipa | skipanna |
Derived terms
- farmaskip
- ferðaskip
- fiskiskip
- flaggskip
- handilsskip
- havskip
- jarnskip
- kaðalskip
- langskip
- ófriðarskip
- skipahavn
- skipaleið
- skipaferðsla
- skipsferð
- skipsførari
- skipsklokka
- skipsljós
- skipsmaður
- skipsnavn
- skipbrot
- stuttleikaskip
- træskip
- vitaskip
Gothic
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [scɪːp]
- Rhymes: -ɪːp
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with Danish skib, Swedish skepp, Icelandic skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip), German Schiff, Dutch schip, and English ship.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːp/
Noun
skip n (definite singular skipet, indefinite plural skip, definite plural skipa or skipene)
- a ship
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃiːp/
Synonyms
Derived terms
For other terms please refer to skip (Bokmål) for the time being.
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English scip (English ship), Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- skip in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English sċip, Old Frisian skip, Old High German skif, Old Norse skip.
Declension
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɪp/
Further reading
- “skip (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011