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Definition: Skip

Skip

Noun

1. A gait in which steps and hops alternate.

2. A mistake resulting from neglect.

Verb

1. Bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible".

2. Intentionally fail to attend: "cut class".

3. Jump lightly.

4. Leave suddenly (very informal usage); "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town".

5. Bound off one point after another.

6. Cause to skip over a surface: "Skip a stone across the pond".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "skip" was first used: 13th century. (references)

Note: Skip \Skip\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Skipped; Skipping.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Skip

DomainDefinition

Mechanical Engineering

Large capacity metallic container or bin often fitted with automatically opening bottom. Source: European Union. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

The weigh bucket may be. . . discharged into the -- of the mixer, in which it is then elevated to the drum. Source: European Union. (references)

Computing

In the execution of a computer program, a departure from the implicit or declared order in which instructions are being executed. Source: European Union. (references)

Finance

(1) to move with no forwarding address leaving a debt unpaid. (2) a person who skips. (references)

Industry

A blemish in woven goods when a filling yarn skips over several warp threads by mistake. Usually caused by harness skips, snapped yarn, small holes, etc. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Bucket moving up an inclined or vertical track. Loading takes place at the bottom and discharge at the top. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A guided steel hoppit, usually rectangular, with a capacity up to 50 st (45.4 t), which is used in vertical or inclined shafts for hoisting coal or minerals. It can also be adapted for personnel riding. The skip is mounted within a carrying framework, having an aperture at the upper end to permit loading, and a hinged or sliding door at the lower end to permit discharge of the load. The cars at the pit bottom deliver their load either directly into two measuring chutes located at the side of the shaft or into a storage bunker from which the material is fed to the measuring chutes b. A large hoisting bucket, constructed of boiler plate that slides between guides in a shaft, the bail usually connecting at or near the bottom of the bucket so that it may be automatically dumped at the surface. c. An open iron vehicle or car on four wheels, running on rails and used esp. on inclines or in inclined shafts. Sometimes spelled skep. d. A thin slice taken off a breast, pillar, or rib along its entire length or part of its length. Also called slab. e. A truck used in a mine f. A small car that conveys the charge to the top of a blast furnac. (references)

Personal Care & Hotels

Demountable container which is loaded onto and unloaded from a vehicle and which can be empted by means of arms mounted on the vehicle. Source: European Union. (references)

Sports & Leisure

The first player on each team to deliver a stone is called the lead. He is followed by the second, the third, and the skip, or captain. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Skip

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

SKIP

EnglishSimple Key exchange Internet ProtocolN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Skip

Synonyms: omission (n), bound off (v), cut (v), decamp (v), hop (v), hop-skip (v), jump (v), pass over (v), skim (v), skip over (v), skitter (v), vamoose (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Skip

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Agitation

Adverb: by fits and starts; subsultorily; Adjective: per saltum; hop skip and jump; in convulsions, in fits.

Amusement

Leapfrog, hop skip and jump; mother may I; French and English, tug of war; blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper, hide and seek, kiss in the ring; snapdragon; cross questions and crooked answers.; crisscross, hopscotch; jacks, jackstones, marbles; mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag;

Haste

By fits and starts, by spurts; hop skip and jump.

Leap

Verb: leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk; (amusement); jump about; (agitation); trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.

Ance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade, gambado; capriole, demivolt; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade.

Neglect

Slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to; not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget; be caught napping; (not expect); leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.

Rejoicing

Verb: rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars; congratulate oneself, hug oneself; rub one's hands, clap one's hands; smack the lips, fling up one's cap; dance, skip; sing, carol, chirrup, chirp; hurrah; cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy; exult; (boast); triumph; hold jubilee; (celebrate); make merry; (sport).

Tergiversation

Verb: change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from; (relinquish); waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Skip

English words defined with "skip": dance, DrakestoneFliskOverhip, OverskipRicochet firingsaltate, skim, Skipped, Skipping, skitter, Slipes. (references)
Specialty definitions using "skip": aerial cablewaybottom-emptying skipCSL, CUPOLA HOIST OPERATORDodge About, dump skipgrace period provision, guideshoist overwind device, HOPjig chainmeasuring chutenetpipesone sized, open graded, ore bin, overturning skippassing pointradio duct, round of chargesscale-and-skip-car operator, scrap hoist operator, self-stowing gate, shaft pocket, silent zone, skip effect, SKIP JACKS, SKIP KENNEL, skip list, skip operator, skip shaft, skip system, skip zone, skip-payment clause, slackline cablewaytandem hoisting, transfer gearuniformly gradedwedge guide, weigh bucket, weighing bucket, winding speed, wobble wheel rollerZipfian distribution. (references)
Etymologies containing "skip": Skippet. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Skip" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (ship, vessel), Faeroese (ship, vessel), Frisian (ship, vessel), Portuguese (skip).

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Modern Usage: Skip

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Can we just skip the vibe, and go straight to us laughing about this (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe)

Skip a bit, Brother (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Vicki! Come on, let's skip out and go get naked (Dazed and Confused; writing credit: Richard Linklater)

Skip to the end. (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

Iiiish! Thanks, I'll skip breakfast (Raw Wind in Eden; writing credit: Dan Lundberg; Elizabeth Wilson)

Lyrics

And how he always makes your heart skip a beat (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner)

Unsatisfied, I skip my pride (Lay All Your Love On Me; performing artist: Abba)

Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River (GREEN RIVER; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

'Till the thick thighs, dick rise when I skip by (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)

Skip a crazy beat (Why Do Fools Fall In Love; performing artist: Diana Ross)

Clever

How to act insane: As often as possible, skip rather than walk. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Skip Taylor (1953)

Song Titles

CHERRY PIE (performing artist: Skip & Flip )

Loves Comes in Secret (performing artist: The Skip Heller Generation)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Skip

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Pulley Tackle and Hoists, Winches, and Capstans Excluding Skip Hoists: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Mississippi Skip (Between the Lions) (reference)

  • Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know (reference)

  • The Skip James Blues Collection (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • Aiwa FR-CD3000 Digital Alarm Clock Radio with Am/FM Tnr, CD-R/RW, Vert CD, Slp Tmr, Dl Alrm, Stereo Spkrs, Backlit LCD and Weekend Alarm Skip (reference)

  • Skip Barber Racing (reference)

  • Digital Innovations Skip Doctor (reference)

  • JWIN JX-CD650 CD Player with X-Jogging Skip Protection (reference)

  • Sony DEJ825 Walkman Portable CD Player (Thin Design, Skip Free G-Protection, Long Battery Life) (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Skip

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Photo Album: Skip

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Mike Abbott and Skip Payne conducting range-azimuth work on "Guano Rock" Party off of FAIRWEATHER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Low-Sodium Seasonings : Skip the salt - and try these spices and flavorings with your favorite foods. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Skip Imperial mine, Michigamme, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Skip".

PlayCaption
Skip; skipping; scratched; compact disc; scratch .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Skip

TitleAuthorQuote

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

When the old bellwether at the head rattles his bell, the mountains do indeed skip like rams and the little hills like lambs

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Skip

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Do not skip doses of your scheduled pain medicine. (references)

If you miss a treatment session or skip a dose of the drug, contact your doctor. (references)

The heart may seem to skip a beat or beat irregularly or very fast or very slowly. (references)

Business

Local end-users are very capable at international sourcing and will often times skip the local representative after he has introduced the product and go directly to the foreign supplier. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Skip

"Skip" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Skip" is used about 428 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)50%21420,696
Lexical Verb (infinitive)35.51%15225,494
Lexical Verb (base form)14.25%6143,149
Noun (proper)0.23%1339,140
                    Total100.00%428N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Skip

Expressions using "skip": company skip list garbage skip hop skip and a jump hop skip and jump skip a beat skip about skip across skip class skip distance skip it skip it! skip jack skip kennel skip mackerel skip off skip out skip over skip rope skip school skip through skip town skip work skip zone to skip a loop portion. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "skip": skip-bomb, skip-factor, skip-over, skip-owner, skip-read, skip-reading, skip-sequential.

Ending with "skip": bomb-skip, hop-skip, mini-skip.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Skip

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

skip tracing

243

lacour skip

25

skip bo

162

skip it

24

skip trace

154

software for skip tracing

24

skip

131

beat heart skip

24

skip barber

119

free skip tracing

22

skip to my lou

109

bo instructions skip

22

my dog skip

96

skip hire

21

skip tracer

76

skip barber driving school

21

skip doctor

71

skip trace software

20

skip barber racing school

60

skip loader

20

skip bayless

51

caray skip

19

music skip

41

bo download skip

19

james skip

40

alston lou rafer skip

17

intro skip

36

skip rope

16

1 lou skip

31

laurel skip

16

ewing skip

29

skip heitzig

16

rue skip

27

free skip trace

15

skip barber racing

27

dr skip

15

bo rule skip

26

enter level matrix skip

14

carey skip

26

skip bertman

14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Skip

Language Translations for "skip"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shpëtoj (bring off, bring through, carry through, creep out, deliver, elude, escape, extricate, flee, get away, get off the hook, get out, get rid, get rid of, heal, preserve, rescue, rid, salvage, save, spare), vrap (run, running, scurry), nxitoj (accelerate, bustle, chase, get a move on, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, hurry up, hustle, pelt, post, run, speed up), ngutem (bustle, bustle about, gallop, hasten, hurry, hustle, rush), kovë (bail, bin, bucket, pail), kosh metalik, kapërcim (crossing, forcing, overcoming, overpassing), kaloj (alternate, beguile, come by, come round, cross, cut, devolve, elapse, exceed, float, get by, glide, go, go by, go off, go past, negotiate, outbalance, overstep, pass, passage, ram, run, run in, rush by, slip by, slip past, span, spend, strain, take across, track, transcend, transgress, turn, undergo, witness), kërcim (bounce, bouncing, bound, caper, dance, fly, footer, gambade, gambado, hop, jump, leap, leaping, pounce, prance, rebound, spring, vault), kërcej (bounce, bound, capriole, cavort, dance, hop, jump, leap, prance, spit, spring), hidhem (bounce, bound, caper, dash, Frisk, hop, jig, jounce, jump, launch, leap, lunge, peg, pounce, spring, vault, Wade), heqje (abolition, clearing, collection, deduction, Defeasance, deletion, deprivation, derogation, dismissal, dismission, disposal, dispossession, ejection, elimination, evacuation, excision, extirpation, extraction, jump, omission, out, outage, privation, recall, relegation, removal, rending, resection, reserve, stripping, subtraction, tripping), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), hedhje (Bob, buck, cast, chuck, dart, dash, disposal, drop, fling, flirt, hop, hurl, jerk, launch, leap, lunge, lurch, pitch, pounce, precipitation, projection, put, throw, throwing, toss). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قفز (bound, flier, gambol, glove, hop, jump, jump out, leap, leapfrog, leaping, leapt, lope, pop, spring, start up, vault), ‏قائد فريق رياضي, ‏وثبة (dart, gamba, leap, leaping, onrush, pounce, prance, rebound, start, vault), ‏وثب (bounce, bound, clear, dance, gambol, rebound, skipping, spring, start up, vault), ‏غادر مكان خلسة, ‏غادر (blow, depart, disloyal, false, feline, get carried away, go, hop, insidious, jump, leave, pop off, quit, ratty, retire, scram, snaky, sneak, snide, start, traitorous, treacherous), ‏حذف (cancel, cancellation, castrate, delete, edit, elide, elimination, elision, miss out, omission, omit, retrench, write off), ‏تخطى (bestride, encroach, encroachment, exceed, go beyond, outrun, overpass, overreach, overshoot, overstep, overtake, run over, surpass, transgress, tread over), ‏سلة (basket, crib, scuttle, wire), ‏سقط (bring down, cave, come off, dip, dive, down, drop, drop out, failed, fall, go by the board, settle, spill, sprawl, squirt, topple, trip, tumble), ‏طفر (caper, cavort, prance, spring), ‏إنصرف خلسة, ‏دودة الجبن (skipper). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

отскачам (bounce, bound, carom, glance, jump, jump back, kick, nip, rebound, recoil, resile, spring, take off), подминавам (bypass, omit), подрипвам (caper, hop, jump), подскачам (dap, gambol, jig, jump, jump up, leap up, prance, spring, tittup), прескачам (get over, hop, jump, jump over, leap, nip, omit, overleap, skip over, take), пропуск (blank, countersign, flaw, gap, lapse, negligence, omission, out, oversight, pass, permit, pretermission, protection, safe conduct, slip, slip up), измъквам се (escape, fink, get out of, hike, recede, ride up, skin away, skulk off, slip off, slope, steal away, steal out, unthread, weasel, work off), пропускане (omission, pretermission), скок (bounce, bound, caper, gambade, gambado, hop, jump, leap, lunge, prance, saltation, spring), офейквам (abscond, bunk, cut, cut away, cut one's lucky, decamp, give leg-bail, hop off, leg it, make off, nip off, run off, scamper, scarper, scoot, scuttle off, skedaddle, sling one's hook, slope, take to one's heel, vamoose), капитан на игра при кегли, рикоширам (drift, glance, glance off, rebound, ricochet), скип, скачам (bound, capriole, dance, jump, jump down, leap, prance, spring, start, up), скачам на въже, пропускам (admit, drop, fail, let in, let slip by, lose, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, pass up, run, throw away). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(hop, jump, to beat, to bounce, to leap). (various references)

   

Czech

  

skákat (bounce, bound, hop, jump, leap, spring), vynechat (cut, cut out, drop a line, leave out, Miss, miss out, omit, overpass, pass, sit out, stay off), výsypný kontejner, poskok (caper, dogsbody, hop, stooge, underling, understrapper), poskakovat (Bob, bounce, cavort, flounce, gambol, hop, hop about, scamper about), přeskoèit (hurdle, jump, leap, overleap, vault). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skip (branch, jump, transfer), underfag, liftdumperlad (dumper, lift and carry container), kul-eller malmelevator, hund (dog), hop (branch, jump, transfer), hejsespand, elevatorkurv, elevatorcontainer med bundlem. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sprong (jump, leap), skip, wisselcontainer te gebruiken met een liftmechanisme (lift and carry container). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

ŝnursalti (skip rope). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پریدن(ازروی چیزی), پرش کردن , نقاشی (Portrait), لی لی کردن (Hip, Hop, Sikt), ورجه ورجه کردن , تپیدن (Beat, Pitapat, Pulse, Throb), سفیدگذاردن قسمتی ازبالاوپاءین رفتن , جست وخیزکردن (Cavort, Jig, Lope, Tumble), ازقلم اندازی , رقص کنان حرکت کردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sitoutumaton lanka, virheellinen lankajuoksu, koirakuljetin, kaatovaunuhissi, jättää väliin, hyppy (bound, jump leap, plunge), hyppiä (hop, jump), hypellä (frisk, hop, jump), hypätä yli, haarakippisäiliö (lift and carry container). (various references)

   

French

  

sautiller, capitaine (skipper). (various references)

   

German

  

Sprung (bound, branch, break, crack, dive, fissure, hop, interstice, jump, leap, plunge, pounce, spring, stone's throw, transfer, vault), springen (bounce, bound, branch, burst, come off, crack, dive, diving, gambol, hop, jump, jumping, leap, nip, pop, pounce, skim, skip about, spring, sprung, spurt, to jump, to skip, vault, vaulting), hüpfen (bounce, Frisk, gambol, hop, hopping, leap, prance, skim, to frisk, to skip), überspringen (clear, jump, jump more than, miss out, overleap, skip over, skipping, spread quickly, spring, to jump over, to skip, vault). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κάδοσ εσκαφέα, κάδος (bin, churn), κονταίηνερ (lift and carry container), κουβάς ανύψωσης, μεγάλος κάδος, πηδώ (bound, curvet, hop, hurdle, jump, leap, learn, spring, vault), πήδημα νημάτων στο στημόνι ή το υφάδι, πήδημα (bounce, bound, hop, jump, leap, saltation, shock, spring, vault, vaulting), παραλείπω (cut out, elide, fail, leave out, miss out, omission, omit, pass over, pretermit), υπερπηδώ (jump, negotiate, overleap, shoot, surmount), χοροπηδώ (caper, cavort, dance, Frisk, gambol, hop, jig, leap, romp), άλμα (jump, saltation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מכל "עבר", לפסוח (celebrate pessach, pass over), ל"סתלק (be off, depart, exit, get away, go away, go off, make off, pop off, retire, scat, scram, sheer off, take off, withdraw), ל"ל' (gambol, jump, leap, skip over), ל""ות (hop, limp), לרצ" (caper, jump, leap, lurk), ל תר (bound, gambol, hop, jump, leap), קפיצ" (bound, hop, jump, leap, spring), "תעלמות (disappearance, disregard, estrangement, oblivion, obliviousness, overlooking, oversight), "שמט" (deletion, exception, omission, oversight, remission), "לו' (jumping, leaping, omission, skipping), תור (hop, jerk, jumping, leaping, take off). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szökellés (bounce, bound, capriole, dart, gambol, hop, lope, scamper, trip, vaulting), szökdécselés (caper, hop, jumping). (various references)

   

Italian

  

salto (bound, caper, gambol, gap, hop, jump, leap, somersault, spring), saltellare (bond, caper, cavort, Frisk, gambol, hop, jump, prance, trip). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

跳躍 (bound, jump, leap). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

スキップ , ちょうやく (bound, dose, jump, leap). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(leap, Skipping, stand, stands, Versus, VS). (various references)

   

Manx

  

skibbylt (acrobatic, active, active as person, agile, bouncing, jig, light-footed, nimble, vivacious), skibbagh (bounding, hopping), skibbag (elf-lock, hopper, portion, skipper, skipping), kishan (peck, skep), corlheimyraght (dance about, hop), corlheim (hop). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ipskay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

skip, salto (bound, caper, dap, fling, frisk, gambade, gambado, gambol, heel, hop, leap, ramp, shift, spring, tittup), saltar (breach, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, jump, leap, spring), pequeno salto, alcatruz (bucket, fish pot), balde (bailer, bucket, pail, scuttle, tub), cabriola (caper, capriole, prance, tittup), capitão de equipe, contentor portátil para detritos (lift and carry container), "skip", fio flutuante, zona de silêncio (aural null, silent zone, skip zone), pular (buck, capriole, frisk, hop, jump, jump over, leap, spring), pular corda, pulo (bounce, bound, buck, capriole, fling, frisk, hop, jump, leap, spring), fazer cabriolas. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

spãla putina (absquatulate, pack, pack off), salt (bounce, bound, caper, dive, Frisk, gambol, header, hop, jump, leap, resilience, saltation, spring, start, vault, vaulting), sãri de la un subiect la altul, sãri coarda, sãri (Bob, bounce, bound, break, caper, dance, dap, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, leave out, lop, lope, Miss, rebound, spirt, splash, spout, spring, spurt, start), sãlta (Bob, bounce, bound, dance, Frisk, heave up, help up, hod, hop, jump, leap, Mount, rebound, rise, spring), zburdãturã, o lua la sãnãtoasa (betake oneself to one's heels, cut and run, give leg-bail, scuttle, show a clean pair of heels), face sã sarã (bounce, jump), face o cãlãtorie (journey, make a journey, perambulate, take a journey, travel), ţopãi (dance, hop, shake a leg). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

скачок (bounce, bound, break-through, caper, jump, leap, saltation, upswing), скип, опускать часть текста, опускать (cast down, depress, down, let down, omit, omiting, pull down, sink), прыжок (bounce, bound, caper, capriole, gambado, gambol, hop, jump, leap, lunge, prank, spring), прогон бумаги, пропускать пропуск (skipping), пропуск при чтении, пропуск (cowle, hiatus, lapse, let pass, let-pass, omission, out, pass, pass-ticket, password, permit, safe conduct), подпрыгивать (bounce, hop, spring), подпрыгивание (dap), перескакивать (jump, leap, overleap). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

leum (a jump, bound, jump, leap, spring). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

skok (bounce, bound, caper, curvet, hop, jump, leap, plunge, rally, rise, spring, upturn), skakutati (gambol, hop), skakutanje (caperer, gambol, hop, hopping, saltation), propustiti (leave out, let by, lose, miss, miss out, omit, pass, pass through, throw away), propust (lapse, omission, oversight), preskočiti (jump, leap, omit, overjump, overleap, spring, vault), preskakati (overjump), poskakivati (bounce, hop), odmagliti (beat it, leave, pack up, pop off, scat, take off), kliznuti (slide), gvozdena korpa. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

salto (bounce, capriole, curvet, dap, dive, diving, hop, jump, leap, pounce), saltarse (break, live up, short circuit, skip over, start). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hoppa (Bob, dap, flip, hop, jump, leap, spring, vault), hopp (bounce, Frisk, hop, hope, hopes, jump, jumps, leap, vault). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sekmek (bounce, hop, leap, rebound, ricochet, skim, trip), sıçramak (bounce, bound, buck, capriole, cavort, gambol, hop, jerk, jink, jump, leap, leap up, skitter, spatter, splash, splatter, splutter, spring, sputter, squirt, start up, take off, vault), sıçrama (bounce, bouncing, bound, caper, capriole, gambol, hop, jump, jumping, leap, rush, saltation, skipping, splash, spring, springing, start, take off, vault, vaulting), kaptan (captain, master, old man, shipmaster, skipper, the old man), asmak (bunk, drape, drape over, gibbet, halter, hang, hang on, hang out, hang up, neglect, play hooky, post, post up, skive off, sling, string up, suspend, swing, truss, wag), atlama (crossover, dive, hop, jump, jumping, leap, omission, skipping, spring, take off, vault, vaulting), atlamak (arc, arc over, dive, elide, grasp at, hop, hop on, jump, leap, leave out, miss out, omit, snatch at, vault), atlatmak (beat smb. to it, bypass, circumvent, come through, dish, dodge, escape, get over, give smb. the slip, jump, let down, outride, outwit, overcome, Parry, pull through, put off, shake, slip, stall off, take, throw off, tide over, turn, ward off), atlayarak geçmek (stride), balık sandığı, bidon (drum, jerry can), hademe (care-taker, janitor, scout, servant), antrenör (bottle-holder, coach, handler, skipper, trainer), kaçmak (abscond, blow, bolt, break, break away, bunk, clear off, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, fade, flee, fly, fly away, get away, go by, hook it, ladder, Lam, lapse, leg it, light out, make a bolt for it, make off, nip off, pack up, pull out, retreat, run, run away, run off, scamper away, scoot, scuttle, skip it, skip out, slip, slip off, slope off, take flight, travel, walk off), zıplamak (bounce, bound, capriole, cavort, dap, gambol, hop, jump, leap, prance, ricochet), kaytarmak (dodge, duck, evade, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, scrimshank, shirk, shuffle, skive, skive off, skulk, sneak out of, swing the lead), kova (Aquarius, bucket, pail), menajer (skipper), taşıma kafesi, teklemek (act up, hesitate, kick, knock, misfire, stutter), zıplama (bounce, bound, capriole, gambol, hop, jump, saltation, skipping), kırmak (bear down, blight, breach, break, break down, bust, chill, chop, crack, cut, dampen, discount, fracture, freeze, give offence, give offense, hurt, lacerate, offend, outrage, pique, put off, put smb.'s nose out of joint, quench, reduce, refract, Rive, ruffle smb.'s feelings, rupture, set up, shatter, snap, snap off, split, stave in, sting, touch, vanquish). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

зapmak (chop, gallop, hop). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стрибок (bounce, bound, caper, curvet, dive, gambade, gambado, gambol, hop, jump, leap, leaping, pounce, prance, saltation, souse, spirt, spring, spurt), стрибати (bounce, bound, caper, cavort, dance, gambol, hop, jump, leap, lope, spring, vault), квапитися (busk, haste, hie, hurry up, powder, push on, wing-ding), бігти підстрибом, пропускати (balk, drop out, leave out, let by, let through, miss out, omit, outlet, overjump, overleap, overlook, pass over, pass through, waste), пропуск (chasm, hiatus, non-sequence, omission, out, overlook, vacancy), перестрибувати (jump over, leap, leapfrog, overjump, overleap). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự nhảy cẫng sự nhảy dây nhảy, thủ quân ông bầu, lủi, đi mất. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

llemain (dance, hop, leap), crychneidio (frisk, gambol). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Skip

Derivations

Words beginning with "skip": skipjack, skipjacks, skiplane, skiplanes, skippable, skipped, skipper, skippered, skippering, skippers, skippet, skippets, skipping, skips. (additional references)

Words ending with "skip": landskip. (additional references)

Words containing "skip": landskips, mudskipper, mudskippers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Skip" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kkip, ksi, Nkipc, saip, sceap, scep, schip, sci, scip, scipe, Scipo, scisp, sciz, scypt, skeep, skej, skelp, skept, skib, skig, skii, skil, skinp, skipe, skiph, skipp, skipt, skkip, skopo, skrip, Spik, spip, stip, swip. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Skip"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "skip" (pronounced ski"p)
3-k i" pkip.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Skip

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: kips, spik.

Words within the letters "i-k-p-s"

-1 letter: kip, pis, psi, sip, ski.

-2 letters: is, pi, si.

 Words containing the letters "i-k-p-s"
 

+1 letter: kepis, paiks, picks, pikas, pikes, pikis, pinks, skimp, skips, spick, spike, spiks, spiky.

 

+2 letters: okapis, pekins, pikers, pinkos, plinks, plisky, pokies, pricks, prinks, skimps, skimpy, spicks, spiked, spiker, spikes, spikey, tupiks.

 

+3 letters: bipacks, imparks, inkpots, kaliphs, kelpies, kickups, kidnaps, kinship, kippers, kipskin, koppies, linkups, milksop, miskeep, miskept, muspike, napkins, peakish, peckish, perkish, peskier, peskily, pickers, pickets, pickles, pickups, pigskin, pikakes, pinkens, pinkers, pinkest, pinkeys, pinkies, pinkish, pinkoes, pipkins, pliskie, pokiest, porkies, puckish, punkies, punkins, punkish, puslike, pyknics, skelpit, skepsis, skeptic, skimped, skipped, skipper, skippet, skyphoi, spikers, spikier, spikily, spiking, spoking, spunkie, sputnik, stickup, unpicks, uplinks, upticks, wikiups.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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