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to skip

to skip

20 2.7
To make a flat stone bounce across the surface of water
  • verb
  • /skɪp/
translation icon : hacer botar
  • Downriver, a couple of teenagers dressed in rotten sneakers and cutoffs started skipping rocks at a flock of ducks.

You probably are super tired of seeing this little cute skipping stone but I can't stop talking about it and I won't.

Examples

  • A mile or more round shot could be skipped across the sea, like skimming pebbles across a pond.

  • Lucky and Chicago are throwing rocks, seeing who can make a rock skip the farthest.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I would rather count how many times your stones skip over the water.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I'd skip stones all day.

    Lake Placid (1999)

  • A mis-hit nail goes skipping across the board and plops into the water.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Today, my palms ache to skip stones, chuck them sideways at the lake.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Then they start throwing pebbles into the water, trying to skip some of the larger, flatter stones, rarely succeeding.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • E.E. also had a knack for skipping his frisbee the way one skips a stone across water.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I found the perfect flat stone and can easily skip it across the water's surface.

  • At the lake, the children took turns to skip stones and watched them bounce on the waves.

Synonyms

to bounce
vsto skip
386 1.3

To move quickly away from a surface after hitting it, moving up and down in a springy way

is specifically about making repeated light jumps across water surfaces
to skitter
vsto skip
1 7.3

To make something move lightly and quickly across a surface, like a fishing lure

focuses on causing repeated light bounces across water from a thrown flat stone
to skim
vsto skip
1 2.9

Move quickly and lightly across the surface of water

causes repeated light bounces rather than smooth single contact

Antonyms

to sink
258 1.0

To go down below the surface of water and become underwater

Idioms

to skip a beat
  • Informal
9 6.1

To feel your heart stop for a moment because you are suddenly excited or scared

Phrasal Verbs

to skip the detail
  • Informal
56 3.6

Leave out small or less important information when explaining something

to skip town
  • Informal
28 8.1

Leave a place suddenly and secretly to avoid trouble or debt

to skip out
  • Informal
22 7.2

To leave without telling anyone to avoid a duty or responsibility

to skip over
18 3.2

To move past something without doing or saying it

to hop-skip
1 5.4

To move forward with small quick jumps using one foot then the other

to skip the gym
  • Informal
1 4.1

Choose not to go to a planned gym workout

Compounds

skip rope
  • US
1 2.1

A long rope with handles that you jump over for exercise

skip distance
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The shortest distance from a radio transmitter where radio waves bounced by the ionosphere can be picked up

How Bouncy

to ricochet
25 7.7
to skip
20 2.7
to skim
1 2.9
to glide
89 2.9

Surface Forms

skip infinitive
skipped past
skipped past participle
skipping present participle
skips third person singular

Etymology

Skip comes from an old word meaning 'to leap', and that picture fits skipping stones because you try to make the rock 'jump' across the water. So to skip a stone is to make it bounce lightly along the surface.