Skipping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
              Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope.
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              So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and
              frisking fantastically.               --Hawthorne.
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     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.
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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}