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verb

ˈskip How to pronounce skip (audio)
Definition of skipnext
1
as in to hop
to move with a light springing step children skipping along the woodland path

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2
as in to miss
to fail to attend the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach

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3
as in to bounce
to strike and fly off at an angle the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor

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noun

as in commander
a person in overall command of a ship the skip's barking orders again

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Recent Examples of skip
Verb
As if dating weren’t already enough of a gamble, a new trend has some men skipping their usual hygiene routines before meeting a prospective partner. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Deadline is reporting that the Venice Film Festival is skipping the main jury press conference this year. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
Podnews calculated that skipping a typical ad break previously required nine presses of the 15-second skip button, plus a correction tap after overshooting. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Spotify cast the move as streamlining a feature that already exists, the 15-second skip button, which users in practice often use to bypass ads. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skip
  1. hop
  2. miss
  3. bounce
  4. commander
  5. ignore
  6. rebound
  7. captain
  8. skipper
Verb
  • Brand manager Euan Franco flagged the trend online earlier this month, and decided to hop on the rhinestone bandwagon, hoping to resonate with SunLife’s consumers.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • On May 8, Michael Mott, 41, hopped a perimeter fence and entered an active runway at Denver International Airport.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hop
Verb
  • Wilson was back on the practice field Sunday, despite missing much of training camp with an injury, and will likely open the season as Seattle’s third-string running back.
    — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The death toll in last week’s devastating flooding in Nepal has risen to 903 people, officials said Monday, as the number of those listed as missing nearly doubled to 4,247.
    — Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of miss
Verb
  • Ollie Robinson dismissed Azan Awais and Abdullah Shafique and Jofra Archer bounced out captain Babar Azam in the first eight overs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • On her 13th assist of the night, the Valkyries’ Veronica Burton drove past her defender on the perimeter, pulled up around the net and bounced a pass to Kiah Stokes, who scored easily.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of bounce
Noun
  • His name is Ernst Kaltenbrunner, an SS general who two weeks earlier was named commander-in-chief of all German forces in southern Europe.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • When the ethnic war in Bosnia started in 1992, Mladic became the commander of the Bosnian Serb troops and took control of large swaths of the country to form a Serb mini-state.
    — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of commander
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  • The stock that spent two years being ignored by the same investors who loaded up on Hilton and Marriott is now having its moment.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Alicia McCalla, 56, a fiction writer who has been doing voice work for five years out of her home in Atlanta, decided to ignore union suggestions and clone her voice.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of ignore
Verb
  • Meanwhile, recent data shows that New Zealand's economic growth prior to the conflict was stronger than previously anticipated, with household and business confidence rebounding.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The move puts Eli Lilly among Citadel’s largest individual stock positions and comes after the pharma giant’s shares suffered a sharp decline earlier this year before rebounding.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of rebound
Noun
  • During the surge, the most important of these turned out to be those founded during the upheaval that followed George Floyd’s murder, when residents gathered in nearby parks to organize block associations led by captains.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Each jet had three senior captains onboard, Airlink said, operating in the roles of a commander, a co-pilot and a safety officer.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of captain
Noun
  • But maybe that low point and the unexpected departure of Stokes and the return of Joe Root as Test captain ahead of the white-ball skipper has proved a turning point for one of the most gifted but infuriating batters of his generation.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Replay showed the skipper taking mild exception to a low, first-pitch strike call on García with two out, but Carapazza, following a handful of ABS challenges earlier in the game, gave Boone a quick hook nonetheless.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipper

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“Skip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skip. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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