📒 to move forwards lightly and quickly making a little jump with each step
- She skipped happily along beside me.
- Lambs were skipping about in the fields.
- Scott practically skipped home, he was so happy.
📒 to jump over a rope which is held at both ends by yourself or by two other people and is passed again and again over your head and under your feet
- He skips for about 20 minutes a day.
- The girls were skipping in the playground.
- She likes to skip rope as a warm-up.
📒 to not do something that you usually do or should do
- I often skip breakfast altogether.
- (especially North American English) She decided to skip class that afternoon.
📒 to leave out something that would normally be the next thing that you would do, read, etc.
- skip something You can skip the next chapter if you have covered the topic in class.
- (figurative) What I saw made my heart skip a beat.
- skip over something I skipped over the last part of the book.
📒 to move from one place to another or from one subject to another very quickly
- She kept skipping from one topic of conversation to another.
📒 to leave a place secretly or suddenly
- The bombers skipped the country shortly after the blast.
📒 to make a flat stone jump across the surface of water
- The boys were skipping stones across the pond.
📒 used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of fear, excitement, etc.
- My heart missed a beat when I saw who it was.
📒 to fail to appear at your trial after you have paid money to be allowed to go free until the trial
- He skipped bail and went on the run for two weeks.
📒 used to tell somebody rudely that you do not want to talk about something or repeat what you have said
- ‘What were you saying?’ ‘Oh, skip it!’