English

Proper noun

Skip

1. A male given name.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. More at ship.

Noun

Skip n ‎(plural Skiepe)

1. ship

English

Verb

Girl skipping down a street

Girl skipping down a street

skip ‎(third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)

1. (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

   She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

2. (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
   • Alexander Pope

     The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

   • Nathaniel Hawthorne

     So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.

   • 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:

     The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break - left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up.

3. (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

   The rock will skip across the pond.

   • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

     After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.

4. (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

   I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

5. (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

   My heart will skip a beat.

   I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.

   • Bishop Burnet

     They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.

6. To place an item in a skip.
7. (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

   Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.

8. (transitive, informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.
   • 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?

     I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast

     She really want to skip town

     Get back off me, beast off me

     Get back you flea infested mongrel

9. To leap lightly over.

   to skip the rope

10. To jump rope.

    The girls were skipping in the playground.

Synonyms

• (informal, not to attend): (US) play hookie

Translations

Noun

skip ‎(plural skips)

1. A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
3. (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Busby to this entry?)

4. A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
   • 2012, Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)

     Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips.

5. (radio) skywave propagation

Derived terms

• skipping rope

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

skip ‎(plural skips)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) 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).
2. (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
3. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket.
4. A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
5. (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
6. A beehive.

Synonyms

• (open-topped rubbish bin): dumpster (Canada, US)

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

skip ‎(plural skips)

1. Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
2. (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

Translations

Etymology 4

A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. ^[1]

Alternative forms

• skippy

Noun

skip ‎(plural skips)

1. (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
   • 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,

     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.

Translations

See also

• limey
• wog

References

1. ↑ Australian National Dictionary Centre » Home » Australian words » Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms » S

Anagrams

• kips

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch schip.

Noun

skip ‎(plural skepe, diminutive skippie or skepie)

1. ship

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːp/

Noun

skip n (genitive singular skips, plural skip)

1. ship

Declension

Derived terms

• skipahavn
• skipaleið
• skipaferðsla
• skipsferð
• skipsførari
• skipsklokka
• skipsljós
• skipsmaður
• skipsnavn
• skipbrot
• flaggskip
• farmaskip
• ferðaskip
• fiskiskip
• handilsskip
• stuttleikaskip
• havskip
• kaðalskip
• langskip
• jarnskip
• træskip
• ófriðarskip
• vitaskip

Anagrams

• spik

Gothic

Romanization

skip

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skɪːp]
• Rhymes: -ɪːp

Noun

skip n ‎(genitive singular skips, nominative plural skip)

1. ship, boat

Declension

Synonyms

• (ship, boat): bátur m, gnoð f, kafs hestur m

Derived terms

• flaggskip
• geimskip

Anagrams

• spik

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with Danish skib, Swedish skepp, Icelandic skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 ‎(skip), German Schiff, Dutch schip, and English ship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːp/

Noun

skip n ‎(definite singular skipet, indefinite plural skip, definite plural skipa or skipene)

1. a ship

Synonyms

• båt

Derived terms

References

• “skip” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Noun

skip n ‎(definite singular skipet, indefinite plural skip, definite plural skipa)

1. a ship

Synonyms

• båt

Derived terms

For other terms please refer to skip (Bokmål) for the time being.

References

• “skip” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English scip (English ship), Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 ‎(skip).

Noun

skip n (genitive skips, plural skip)

1. ship

Derived terms

• skipari

Descendants

References

• skip in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English scip, Old Frisian skip, Old High German skif, Old Norse skip.

Noun

skip n

1. ship

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: schip, schep
  • Low German: Schepp