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[ verb ] bypass

Examples

"He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

Used in print

(The Miami Herald...)

He skips around from jazz , to blues to boogie - accompanying himself on piano and frequently pulling the customers in on the act .

(San Francisco Chronicle...)

It seems to have been chosen exclusively from the winners of beauty contests - Miss_Omsk , Miss_Pinsk , Miss_Stalingr - oops , skip it .

(David Alexander, Bloodstain....)

Marty 's heart skipped a beat when he recognized it .

Related terms

neglect

2
[ verb ] jump lightly

Synonyms

hop hop-skip

Used in print

(The Horseman and Fair World, 84:46...)

She hesitated , she hopped , she roll and rocked , skipped and jumped , but in some two_weeks she started to pace , From_that time to this she has shown steady improvement and now looks_like one of the classiest things on the grounds .

Related terms

jump jump hop_on hopper hop hopper

3
[ verb ] intentionally fail to attend

Synonyms

cut

Examples

: "cut class"

Used in print

(Harry Olesker, Impact....)

She had skipped her lunch hour in the fear that he might call while she was out .

Related terms

miss bunk_off omission

4
[ verb ] cause to skip over a surface

Synonyms

skitter skim

Examples

: "Skip a stone across the pond"

Related terms

throw

5
[ verb ] bound off one point after another

Synonyms

bound_off

Related terms

bounce

6
[ noun ] a gait in which steps and hops alternate

Related terms

gait hop

7
[ verb ] leave suddenly (very informal usage)

Synonyms

vamoose decamp

Examples

"She persuaded him to decamp" "skip town"

Related terms

leave colloquialism

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[ noun ] a mistake resulting from neglect

Synonyms

omission

Related terms

mistake failure cut

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