Synonyms for skip
skɪpskip

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1. skip2

   Synonyms:
   play hookie

2. skip4

   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.

   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

   Synonyms:
   dumpster

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1. skipnoun

   a gait in which steps and hops alternate

   Synonyms:
   omission

2. omission, skipverb

   a mistake resulting from neglect

   Synonyms:
   deletion, omission

3. jump, pass over, skip, skip oververb

   bypass

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

   Synonyms:
   spring, cut through, start, move through, jumpstart, decamp, rise, jump out, jump off, climb up, bound off, wipe, hop-skip, cut across, pass through, get over, stick out, cut, pass across, stand out, alternate, derail, jump-start, transit, vamoose, overfly, startle, parachute, traverse, pass over, leap, skim, skip over, jump, bound, chute, cover, cross, leap out, get across, hop, track, skitter

4. cut, skipverb

   intentionally fail to attend

   "cut class"

   Synonyms:
   veer, decamp, bring down, snub, turn off, edit out, cut, bound off, burn, rationalize, hack, trim down, write out, prune, thin, slue, trim back, hop-skip, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, cut off, edit, thin out, cut down, vamoose, abridge, reduce, rationalise, contract, foreshorten, dilute, curve, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, pass over, slew, tailor, skim, skip over, turn out, jump, disregard, issue, cut back, hop, abbreviate, trend, skitter

5. hop, skip, hop-skipverb

   jump lightly

   Synonyms:
   skip over, hop-skip, hop, bound off, vamoose, skim, cut, skitter, jump, pass over, decamp

6. decamp, skip, vamooseverb

   leave suddenly

   "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"

   Synonyms:
   skip over, bound off, bolt, decamp, vamoose, run off, break camp, cut, make off, abscond, pass over, skitter, hop, skim, go off, absquatulate, hop-skip, jump

7. skip, bound offverb

   bound off one point after another

   Synonyms:
   skip over, hop-skip, hop, bound off, vamoose, skim, cut, skitter, jump, pass over, decamp

8. skim, skip, skitterverb

   cause to skip over a surface

   "Skip a stone across the pond"

   Synonyms:
   plane, skip over, bound off, hop, scurry, scan, decamp, skim over, vamoose, skim off, hop-skip, run down, cut, scuttle, glance over, pass over, skitter, cream, rake, skim, cream off, scamper, jump

Matched Categories

1. • Gait
   • Miss
   • Ricochet
   • Throw

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1. skipverb

   Synonyms:
   leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER

2. skipverb

   Synonyms:
   disregard, omit, neglect, miss, skip over, pass without notice

3. skipnoun

   Synonyms:
   leap, jump, bound, spring, hop, CAPER

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1. skipnoun

   Synonyms:
   omission, gambol, caper, hop, leap, ricochet

2. skipverb

   Synonyms:
   omit, pass, disregard, caper, gambol, jump, leap, ricochet

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1. List of paraphrases for "skip":

   omit, jump, jumpety-jump, ignore, bypass, hop, salta, spend, fptp, leap, jumping, sauter, pass, skipped, go

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1. Jane Seymour:

   Roger Moore was very kind and very thoughtful, he really took care of me, which was really kind of him. But I was totally out of my depth in it. And the funny thing is, I felt comfortable hanging out with the dancers [from the film]… I’d skip out of what I was doing and go to where the rehearsals were and join them.

2. Chris Novak:

   Farmers use pesticides to control insects and fungal diseases that threaten the healthfulness and safety of fruits and vegetables, misinformation about pesticides and various growing methods breeds hesitancy and confusion, resulting in many consumers opting to skip fresh produce altogether.

3. Ali Gohar:

   Now our children don’t skip school. They find enough time at home to study and finish their schoolwork even after sunset.

4. Janice Dean:

   That's not to say that the rest of the winter will be this mild or without snow, for the East, or this cold and wet/snowy over the West, but for now it does look as though Christmas across the East will be much greener and warmer than years past, santa might want to pack a lighter coat and skip the hat and mitts.

5. Ben Lawson:

   It's impacting all the major export markets because now the Indians are not at a loss for choice, and you can see that from month-to-month they just skip around from South Africa to Indonesia.