skip
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Verb [edit]
skip (third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, BBC:
- The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break - left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up.
- 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, BBC:
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- The rock will skip across the pond.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, BBC:
- After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.
- (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.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (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.
- To place an item in a skip.
- (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.
- (transitive, informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
- I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast
- She really want to skip town
- Get back off me, beast off me
- Get back you flea infested mongrel
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
- To jump rope.
Synonyms [edit]
- (informal, not to attend): (US) play hookie
Translations [edit]
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Noun [edit]
skip (plural skips)
- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Busby to this entry?)
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Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
Noun [edit]
skip (plural skips)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents. See also skep.
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
Synonyms [edit]
- (open-topped rubbish bin): dumpster
Translations [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
Noun [edit]
skip (plural skips)
- Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
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Etymology 4 [edit]
A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. [1]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
skip (plural skips)
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,
- 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.
- 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,
Translations [edit]
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Australian National Dictionary Centre » Home » Australian words » Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms » S
Anagrams [edit]
Faroese [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ʃiːp/
Noun [edit]
skip n (genitive singular skips, plural skip)
Declension [edit]
| 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 |
Gothic [edit]
Romanization [edit]
skip
- See 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀
Icelandic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
skip n
Declension [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
- (ship, boat): bátur m, kafs hestur m
Derived terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with Danish skib, Swedish skepp, Icelandic skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip), German Schiff, Dutch schip, and English ship.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ʃiːp/
Noun [edit]
skip n
Inflection [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
- “skip” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Old Norse [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English scip (English ship), Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).
Noun [edit]
skip n
Descendants [edit]
Old Saxon [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English scip, Old Frisian skip, Old High German skif, Old Norse skip.
Noun [edit]
skip n
Declension [edit]
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skip | skipu |
| accusative | skip | skipu |
| genitive | skipes | skipō |
| dative | skipe | skipum |
Descendants [edit]
- English verbs
- English informal terms
- English nouns
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- Australian English
- New Zealand English
- British English
- en:Mining
- en:Curling
- English slang
- English ergative verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- English transitive verbs
- en:Gaits
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese neuter nouns
- Faroese nouns
- fo:Watercraft
- Gothic romanizations
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic nouns
- is:Watercraft
- Norwegian terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian nouns
- no:Watercraft
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse nouns
- non:Watercraft
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon nouns
- osx:Watercraft