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. skip

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2. SKIP

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1. Jenny Radesky:

   You can also show them videos of peaceful protests from the past, where people were inspired to demand fair treatment, just skip those and start showing your young kids the Martin Luther King Jr. or other video once the ad has passed.

2. Andy Kingery:

   Skip is the kind of kid you want on your team. If you had a team, you wanted 20 Skips, he was always ready to help, no matter what it was -- whether it was church, band, and even with the Marines. He was ready to serve and help.

3. Jonas Oransky:

   It’s not that all sellers are dangerous or devious, but buyers who know that they can skip the background check can look for an unlicensed seller.

4. Jacques Martin Barzun:

   In producers, loafing is productive and no creator, of whatever magnitude, has ever been able to skip that stage, any more than a mother can skip gestation.

5. Andy Kingery:

   Skip Wells died doing what he wanted to do and had chosen to do.