Meaning & use
skip
To leave out or omit something, such as a step, meal, or event, that would normally happen.
See it in a sentence
He decided to skip breakfast because he was running late for the meeting.
Feel free to skip the introduction and go straight to chapter three.
A note on using this word
Skip can also mean to move by hopping lightly, or, in British English, to name a large waste container left on the street.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To move along lightly, taking small hops or bounding steps.
The little girl skipped happily down the sidewalk ahead of her parents.
3. noun
In British English, a large open container used for collecting waste, especially at a building site.
The builders filled the skip with broken bricks and old plaster.
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