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11 Definitions of: skip
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- verb, to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other
- verb, to jump over a skipping-rope
- verb, to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way
- verb, to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another
- verb, to read or deal with quickly or superficially
- verb, skip it! it doesn't matter!
- verb, to miss deliberately
- verb, to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy
- noun, a skipping movement or gait
- noun, the act of passing over or omitting
- noun, music. another word for leap, skip off
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- noun, verb, short for skipper
- noun, the captain of a curling or bowls team
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- noun, a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
- noun, a cage used as a lift in mines, etc
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- noun, a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of skip