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Definitions for Skipping

[1] to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
[2] to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes: He skipped through the book quickly.
[3] to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice.
[4] Education . to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once.
[5] to ricochet or bounce along a surface: The stone skipped over the lake.
[6] to jump lightly over: The horse skipped the fence.
[7] to pass over without reading, noting, acting, etc.: He skipped the bad parts.
[8] to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions): My heart skipped a beat.
[9] to be absent from; avoid attendance at: to skip a school class.
[10] to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.
[11] Informal . to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place): They skipped town.
[12] a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.
[13] a gait marked by such jumps.
[14] a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes: a quick skip through Europe.
[15] Music . a melodic interval greater than a second.
[16] a natural depression below the surface of a planed board.
[17] Informal . a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities.
[18] skip out on , Informal . to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children.
[19] the captain of a curling or bowling team.
[20] Informal . skipper1.
[21] to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).
[22] Informal . skipper1.
[23] the act of jumping over a rope that is held and swung either by the person jumping or by two other people, as a game or for exercise
[24] (when intr, often foll by over, along, into, etc ) to spring or move lightly, esp to move by hopping from one foot to the other
[25] (intr) to jump over a skipping-rope
[26] to cause (a stone, etc) to bounce or skim over a surface or (of a stone) to move in this way
[27] to omit (intervening matter), as in passing from one part or subject to another he skipped a chapter of the book
[28] (intr foll by through ) informal to read or deal with quickly or superficially he skipped through the accounts before dinner
[29] (tr) informal to miss deliberately to skip school
[30] (tr) informal , mainly US and Canadian to leave (a place) in haste or secrecy to skip town
[31] a skipping movement or gait
[32] the act of passing over or omitting
[33] music , US and Canadian another word for leap (def. 10)
[34] skip it! informal it doesn't matter!
[35] informal short for skipper 1
[36] the captain of a curling or bowls team
[37] a large open container for transporting building materials, etc
[38] a cage used as a lift in mines, etc
[39] a college servant, esp of Trinity College, Dublin

Words related to Skipping

skipfly, bound, dance, scamper, skitter, ricochet, leap, skim, scoot, hop, glance, carom, escape, eschew, caper, canter, run, cavort, skedaddle, buck

Words nearby Skipping

skipskinnery, skinny, skinny-dip, skint, skintight, skip, skip bail, skip car, skip distance, skip it, skip off

Origin of Skipping

2First recorded in 1820–30; short for skipper1

Words that may be confused with Skipping

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, skiphop, jump, skip, (see, synonym, study, at, jump), (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Other words from Skipping

skip·ping·ly , adverb

Word origin for Skipping

C17: probably shortened from archaic skip-kennel a footman or lackey (from skip 1 + kennel ²)

Synonyms for Skipping

bound, carom, dance, fly, glance, hop, leap, ricochet, scamper, scoot, skim, skitter, bob, bolt, buck, canter, caper, cavort, flee, flit, frisk, gambol, graze, lope, prance, run, skedaddle, spring, step, tiptoe, trip, hippety-hop, make off, skirr