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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Derived terms 2 Faroese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Declension 3 Icelandic 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Declension 3.3.2 Synonyms 3.3.3 Derived terms 4 Norwegian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Inflection 4.3.2 Synonyms 4.3.3 Derived terms 4.3.4 References 5 Old Norse 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: skĭp, IPA: /skɪp/, SAMPA: /skIp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp

[edit] Verb

to skip (third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)

1. (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

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

2. (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
3. (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

   The rock will skip across the pond.

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

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

5. (transitive) To omit or disregard (some item or stage).

   My heart will skip a beat.

   I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.

6. To place an item in a skip.
7. (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

   Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.

8. (transitive, informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.

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• (informal, not to attend): (US) play hookie

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[edit] Noun

skip (plural skips)

1. A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
2. (Australian) (British) An open-topped rubbish bin, ranging in size from perhaps 1.5x1.5 metres up to 6x3 metres, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents. See also skep.
3. (Australian) (slang) An Australian person of Anglo-Celtic descent. Used by people of southern European descent (those who the "skips" in turn call "wogs"), not used by Anglo Australians themselves. Usually taken to be from Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and not of itself insulting (though might be used as such).

   2001: Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?
   Barber: She is Australian.
   Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.
   — Mary Coustas as her character Effie, TV series Effie: Just Quietly, 2001, episode Nearest and Dearest

4. (curling)The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks
5. Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship.

[edit] Synonyms

• (open-topped rubbish bin): dumpster

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[edit] Derived terms

• skipping rope

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse skip.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʃiːp]

[edit] Noun

skip n.

1. ship

[edit] Declension

n3	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skip	skipið	skip	skipini
Accusative	skip	skipið	skip	skipini
Dative	skipi	skipinum	skipum	skipunum
Genitive	skips	skipsins	skipa	skipanna

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse skip.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [skɪːp]

  Rhymes: -ɪːp

[edit] Noun

skip n.

1. ship, boat

[edit] Declension

n-s	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skip	skipið	skip	skipin
Accusative	skip	skipið	skip	skipin
Dative	skipi	skipinu	skipum	skipunum
Genitive	skips	skipsins	skipa	skipanna

[edit] Synonyms

• (ship, boat): bátur m., kafs hestur m.

[edit] Derived terms

• geimskip

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse skip. Cognate with Danish skib, Swedish skepp, Icelandic skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip), German Schiff, Dutch schip, and English ship.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃiːp/

[edit] Noun

skip n.

1. ship

[edit] Inflection

[edit] Synonyms

• båt

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] References

• “skip” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipa-, whence also Old English scip (English ship), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).

[edit] Noun

skip n.

1. ship

[edit] Descendants

Danish: skib n. Faroese: skip n. Icelandic: skip n.

Norwegian: skip n. Swedish: skepp n.