Definition
- (noun) A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- (noun) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (noun) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- (noun) A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- (noun) Skywave propagation
- (verb) To move by hopping on alternate feet. “She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.”
- (verb) To leap about lightly.
- (verb) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. “The rock will skip across the pond.”
- (verb) 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.”
- (verb) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). “I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.”
- (verb) To place an item in a skip.
- (verb) 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.”
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Word stats
- Skip contains 4 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
- It uses 4 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 1.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 10.
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What does Skip mean?
A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
How many letters are in Skip?
Skip has 4 letters.
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