| VERB | cognition | skip, jump, pass over, skip over | bypass |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | skip, cut | intentionally fail to attend | |
| motion | skip, hop, hop-skip | jump lightly | |
| motion | skip, decamp, vamoose | leave suddenly | |
| motion | skip, bound off | bound off one point after another | |
| contact | skip, skim, skitter | cause to skip over a surface | |
| NOUN | act | skip | a gait in which steps and hops alternate |
| act | skip, omission | a mistake resulting from neglect |
| Sounds | skih'p | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acquaintanceship ... zip / ZIP: 103 rhymes with ihp... | |
| Meaning | A gait in which steps and hops alternate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | gait | A person's manner of walking |
| Verbs | skip | jump lightly |
| Meaning | A mistake resulting from neglect. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | omission | |
| Narrower | failure | An unexpected omission |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
| Spanish | descuido, omisión | |
| Catalan | descuit, oblit, omissió | |
| Verbs | skip | intentionally fail to attend |
| Meaning | Bypass. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible" | |
| Synonyms | jump, pass over, skip over | |
| Broader | neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap | Leave undone or leave out |
| Spanish | circunvalar, saltarse, saltar | |
| Catalan | saltar-se, saltar | |
| Meaning | intentionally fail to attend. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | cut | |
| Narrower | bunk off, play hooky | Play truant from work or school |
| Broader | miss | fail to attend an event or activity |
| Spanish | faltar a clases, hacer novillos, saltarse | |
| Nouns | skip | a mistake resulting from neglect |
| skipper | a student who fails to attend classes | |
| Meaning | Jump lightly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | hop, hop-skip | |
| Broader | jump, leap, bound, spring | Move forward by leaps and bounds |
| See also | skip over | bypass |
| Spanish | brincar, saltar | |
| Catalan | botar, coixejar, saltar | |
| Nouns | skip | a gait in which steps and hops alternate |
| Meaning | Leave suddenly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "skip town" | |
| Synonyms | decamp, vamoose | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Usage of | colloquialism | a colloquial expression |
| Spanish | abrirse, esfumarse, largarse | |
| Meaning | bound off one point after another. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | bound off | |
| Broader | bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet | spring back |
| Spanish | brincar, desplazarse saltando | |
| Meaning | Cause to skip over a surface. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "Skip a stone across the pond" | |
| Synonyms | skim, skitter | |
| Broader | throw | Propel through the air |
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