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CEFRB1

/skɪp/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move with a small jump; to leave something out.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To leap about lightly.

Examples

  • Let's skip school and go see the movie.

  • My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

  2. To move by hopping on alternate feet.

  3. To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

More examples

In context

  • I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

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

  • The rock will skip across the pond.

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Antonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną (“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną (“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (“to push, throw, shake”). Related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp (“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related.