noun Download 🔗Share A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. Examples : "The little girl's skips across the playground showed her joy. " 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 teacher noticed several skips in the student's attendance record, suggesting he was often absent from class. " gap part action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 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." action body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To leap about lightly. Examples : "The little girl skips happily down the sidewalk on her way to school. " action entertainment body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. Examples : "The rock will skip across the pond." physics action nature 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 : "He skips the old newspapers in the skip after cleaning out the garage. " item utility action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. " action education 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To leap lightly over. Examples : "to skip the rope" action body sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To jump rope. Examples : "The girls were skipping in the playground." sport action entertainment 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 crochet pattern says to skip the next stitch, then chain three. " 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 construction workers filled the skips with broken bricks and concrete from the demolished wall. " utility environment item building machine service Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A skep, or basket. Examples : "The beekeeper carefully placed the newly made skips near the hive, ready to collect the next swarm. " utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A wheeled basket used in cotton factories. Examples : "The cotton factory worker used the skips to transport bales of cotton. " machine industry work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A beehive. Examples : "The beekeeper carefully moved the frame of honeycomb from one of the skips to inspect it. " 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 skippers of the fishing boats gathered at the harbor to discuss the upcoming storm." " 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 : ""Our curling team always listens to the skips when she calls out the next shot." " sport person job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " sport game 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 : "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. " 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 scouts listened intently to their Skips as he explained the map reading exercise." " person organization group Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. Examples : ""Many Skips feel a strong connection to both Australian and British culture." " person culture nation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (college slang) A college servant. Examples : "At some older British universities, the skips cleaned the students' rooms and delivered their meals. " education job person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading