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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Skipping.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel.
     skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw.
     skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to
     snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W.
     ysgipio to snatch.]
     1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly
        implying a sportive spirit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
              Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and
              frisking fantastically.               --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking,
        or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing;
        -- often followed by over.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Skipping.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel.
     skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw.
     skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to
     snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W.
     ysgipio to snatch.]
     1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly
        implying a sportive spirit.
  
              The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy
              reason, would he skip and play?       --Pope.
  
              So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and
              frisking fantastically.               --Hawthorne.
  
     2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking,
        or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing;
        -- often followed by over.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  skip
       n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate
       2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission]
       v 1: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
            was incomprehensible" [syn: jump, pass over, skip
            over]
       2: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut]
       3: jump lightly [syn: hop, hop-skip]
       4: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
          [syn: decamp, vamoose]
       5: bound off one point after another [syn: bound off]
       6: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
          [syn: skim, skitter]
       [also: skipping, skipped]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  skipping
       See skip

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  skipping
     n.
     The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en skip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  skipping
     n.
     The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en skip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  skipping
     n.
     The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en skip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  skipping
     n.
     The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
     vb.
     (present participle of en skip nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  skipping
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s kip ping)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Skipping /skˈɪpɪŋ/
  الطفر

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  skipping /skˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  přeskakování