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skips

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noun

A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

Examples :

"The little girl's skips across the playground showed her joy. "

action sport dance

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The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

Examples :

"The teacher noticed several skips in the student's attendance record, suggesting he was often absent from class. "

gap part action

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A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

Examples :

"The recording suffered from numerous skips, making the music sound disjointed and jumpy. "

music sound phonetics

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A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

Examples :

"The detective specialized in finding skips who owed large amounts of money to the bank. "

person police law

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Skywave propagation

Examples :

"During the solar flare, the ham radio operator noticed longer skips than usual, allowing him to contact someone much farther away. "

physics technology communication signal space electronics frequency

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verb

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

Examples :

"She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other."

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To leap about lightly.

Examples :

"The little girl skips happily down the sidewalk on her way to school. "

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To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

Examples :

"The rock will skip across the pond."

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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."

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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."

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To place an item in a skip.

Examples :

"He skips the old newspapers in the skip after cleaning out the garage. "

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Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

Examples :

"Maria often skips her morning English class because she prefers to sleep in. "

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To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.

Examples :

"a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill"

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To leap lightly over.

Examples :

"to skip the rope"

action body sport entertainment

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verb

Examples :

"The girls were skipping in the playground."

sport action entertainment

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(crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

Examples :

"The crochet pattern says to skip the next stitch, then chain three. "

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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 construction workers filled the skips with broken bricks and concrete from the demolished wall. "

utility environment item building machine service

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A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

Examples :

"The miners carefully loaded the freshly mined ore into the skips to be hauled to the surface. "

technical industry vehicle

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A skep, or basket.

Examples :

"The beekeeper carefully placed the newly made skips near the hive, ready to collect the next swarm. "

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A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.

Examples :

"The cotton factory worker used the skips to transport bales of cotton. "

machine industry work

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(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.

Examples :

"The factory worker carefully monitored the temperature and consistency of the skips in the sugar pans. "

food agriculture industry process

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noun

Examples :

"The beekeeper carefully moved the frame of honeycomb from one of the skips to inspect it. "

agriculture animal insect

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Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.

Examples :

""The skippers of the fishing boats gathered at the harbor to discuss the upcoming storm." "

nautical sailing job person

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(specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.

Examples :

""Our curling team always listens to the skips when she calls out the next shot." "

sport person job

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The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

Examples :

"The skips in the curling team will throw the final two stones. "

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(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 :

"In lawn bowls, the skips are often the most experienced players because they have to make critical decisions and bowl the final, crucial shots to win the game. "

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The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.

Examples :

""The scouts listened intently to their Skips as he explained the map reading exercise." "

person organization group

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An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

Examples :

""Many Skips feel a strong connection to both Australian and British culture." "

person culture nation

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(college slang) A college servant.

Examples :

"At some older British universities, the skips cleaned the students' rooms and delivered their meals. "

education job person