noun Download 🔗Share A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. Examples : "The children's skipping rope was a rhythmic, joyful skip. " action sport dance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. Examples : "The skip in the schedule meant we missed the afternoon history lesson. " action part Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Examples : "The pianist played a skip from C to E, creating a distinctive jump in the melody. " music sound degree Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. Examples : "The skip from the neighborhood disappeared after he got into trouble with the police. " person law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Skywave propagation Examples : "The radio signal used shortwave skip to reach the remote village. " technology communication electronics physics signal frequency Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move by hopping on alternate feet. Examples : "She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other." body action sport dance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To leap about lightly. Examples : "The children skipped happily through the park. " action sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. Examples : "The rock will skip across the pond." action physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. Examples : "I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond." action physics sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). Examples : "I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it." action process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place an item in a skip. Examples : "The students skipped their old textbooks into the recycling skip. " item building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting). Examples : "I skipped the morning meeting because I had a prior appointment. " education event action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner. Examples : "a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill" action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To jump rope. Examples : "The girls were skipping in the playground." sport entertainment action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch. Examples : "The crocheter skipped a stitch, making the pattern slightly uneven. " style technical work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep). Examples : "The garbage skip was overflowing, so the sanitation workers had to empty it. " utility environment item building technology machine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. Examples : "The mine workers loaded the skip with the day's ore. " material industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A skep, or basket. Examples : "Grandma used her woven skip to carry the strawberries from the garden. " item utensil agriculture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans. Examples : "The sugar factory recorded a large skip of syrup in the final pan. " food substance process industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A beehive. Examples : "The teacher pointed to the large skip in the schoolyard, explaining that it was a beehive used for storage. " agriculture animal insect Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority. Examples : "The skip announced the new rules for the school trip. " nautical sailing job person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain. Examples : "The skip for the soccer team, Maria, is leading the team in practice today. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. Examples : "The skip threw the final two stones in the curling match. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary. Examples : "The skip of the bowling team carefully planned the strategy for the final round. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him. Examples : "The scout troop's skip gave a loud "Hooray!" after completing the obstacle course. " person organization group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. Examples : "My classmate, a skip, explained the Australian slang to the class. " culture nation person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (college slang) A college servant. Examples : "The skip brought the professor's coffee to his office. " person job education Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading