to skip

/skɪp/

Definition & Meaning of "skip"in English

to skip

VERB

to jump quickly and slightly while walking

Intransitive: to skip | to skip somewhere

Grammatical Information

Composition

Simple

Movement verb

Regular

Present tense

skip

3rd person singular

skips

Present participle

skipping

Past simple

skipped

Past participle

skipped

Examples

She could n't contain her excitement and started to skip down the street.

to not do an activity on purpose, particularly one that one is supposed to do or usually does

Transitive: to skip a task or activity

Examples

Feeling under the weather, she decided to skip her morning workout routine.

to make something move lightly and quickly over a surface, typically with a skipping or bouncing motion

Transitive: to skip sth somewhere

Examples

She skipped stones across the calm surface of the pond, creating ripples in the water.

to leave a place hastily and secretly

Transitive: to skip a place

Examples

Fearing the consequences of his actions, he decided to skip town in the middle of the night.

to rebound or bounce off a surface after impact

Intransitive: to skip somewhere | to skip off a surface

Examples

The stone skipped across the surface of the pond, creating a series of ripples.

to deliberately and quickly move past or jump over certain sections or portions of media, such as audio tracks, video segments, or chapters

Transitive: to skip certain sections | to skip to a further section

Examples

During the movie, he decided to skip the intense scenes as they were too disturbing.

Skip

NOUN

an error or omission caused by oversight or inattention

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Countable

Plural form

skips

Examples

There was a small skip in the report's data.

a manner of moving in which a person alternates between steps and light hops

Examples

The child moved with a cheerful skip across the yard.

a large open container used for holding and transporting waste or rubbish, typically found at construction sites or used for home renovations

Dialect

British

Examples

The skip outside the house was quickly filled with debris.

the boss of one's direct supervisor

Slang

What does "skip" mean in workplace slang?

The term "skip" refers to the manager above one's direct supervisor in an organizational hierarchy. The structure comes from the idea of "skipping" a level of management to refer to the next higher authority. It is informal workplace slang commonly used in corporate environments, especially in phrases like "skip-level meeting," meaning a meeting with one's boss's boss.

Examples

My skip is helpful when my team lead is being uptight.

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