to skip

Examples

• All

• I skipped breakfast this morning.

  Werewolf Cabal (2022)

• Well, OK, let's skip ahead a little bit.

• The teacher may then skip that cycle and provide a question for the students to explore.

  Academic text (2013)

• Any other day I might skip, but not this one day of this month.

  Fiction book (1994)

• When I get to the Phillipines, I'll skip a meal if I have to.

  L.U.N.A. (2021)

• It's because I'm literally skipping class to go on a brand trip.

• But today I'm skipping that since it's upload day.

• Unexpectedly, readers with average reading skills were more likely to skip words than highly skilled readers.

  Academic text (2013)

• Practical tips include not skipping meals, not 'eating on the go,' and chewing food well.

  Academic text (2012)

• I think I will skip my meeting tomorrow to rest at home.

Synonyms

C

to cut

vsto skip

• Informal

485 6.2

To not go to a class or meeting on purpose

also can mean excluding someone, not only absence from events

P

to pass over

vsto skip

28 4.1

To ignore someone or something on purpose

is often used for skipping attendance or omitting sequence items rather than ignoring

S

to skip over

vsto skip

18 3.2

To move past something without doing or saying it

is used more broadly to avoid attending or omit something in order

G

to give a miss

vsto skip

• UK

7.3

Decide not to go to an event or activity

is used more for general absence rather than omitting items in sequence

Antonyms

A

to attend

∞ 1.7

To be present at a meeting or event

P

to participate

866 2.5

To join in an activity with other people

Idioms

S

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

S

to skip the detail

• Informal

56 3.6

Leave out small or less important information when explaining something

S

to skip town

• Informal

28 8.1

Leave a place suddenly and secretly to avoid trouble or debt

S

to skip out

• Informal

22 7.2

To leave without telling anyone to avoid a duty or responsibility

S

to skip over

18 3.2

To move past something without doing or saying it

H

to hop-skip

1 5.4

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

S

to skip the gym

• Informal

1 4.1

Choose not to go to a planned gym workout

Compounds

S

skip rope

• US

1 2.1

A long rope with handles that you jump over for exercise

S

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 Present

to participate

866 2.5

to attend

∞ 1.7

to skip

397 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology