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as in to hop
to move with a light springing step children skipping along the woodland path

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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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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 reported, the Roman house skipped its traditional, separate men’s show in January to go coed with a runway event on Feb. 26. Sandra Salibian, WWD, 5 Feb. 2025 Barber and Sweetin agreed that the 1990 episode, which found Bure’s teenage character D.J. Tanner skipping meals in preparation for a pool party, was hard to watch. John Russell, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
Take a hop and a skip outside the USA and find yourself in British Columbia at Whistler Blackcomb. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024 Anyone offended by an f-bomb—or dozens of them—might want to give this one a skip. Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for skip 
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Verb
  • To reach it, plan to hike the 1.5-mile River Trail loop or hop in a kayak.
    Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2025
  • In 2020, when the pandemic began, Elaine and Arthur hopped on a video call with another couple to ask each other their 36 questions.
    Sofía Sanchez, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • UConn blitzed early as sophomores Ball and Jaylin Stewart (nine points) couldn’t seem to miss, each knocking down multiple 3-pointers over the first six minutes.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Unfortunately, there’s always someone who misses the safari packing list memo and has to leave their luggage behind at the hangar, toting their stuff to camp in plastic bags.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • Wade returns as a left-handed bat that can bounce between third base, second base, shortstop and the outfield.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Knight, who’s already been politely bounced by Kasie (Diona Reasonover) for complaining about Robin and Nick, interrupts the solo rehearsal for a case update, which itself is interrupted by multiple calls from Robin, who’s worried that Torres is MIA.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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  • Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images Esper is one of the former officials from President Trump's first administration who has received threats from Iran over the 2020 U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Quds Force.
    Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The attack took at least 3,000 senior Hezbollah fighters and commanders out of commission.
    Hanin Ghaddar, Foreign Affairs, 4 Feb. 2025
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  • But former Twitter employees say Musk sees laws, regulations and procedures as unnecessary speed bumps meant to be ignored.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The Carmel Valley Community Planning Board is taking a stand against the San Diego Planning Commission’s recent approval of a new senior living development in Carmel Valley as members feel their input on the project’s impact on traffic and community character was ignored.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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  • The league didn’t completely rebound from that decline until this season.
    Bloomberg News, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Shares in competitor CoreCivic fell almost 6% Tuesday, before also rebounding slightly Wednesday morning.
    Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Argentine captain played 63 minutes and was replaced by 17-year-old Santi Morales.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Kentridge likens the captain to the ferryman, Charon, in Greek mythology transporting the dead across the river Styx to the underworld.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • New skipper Will Venable looks to bring stability to the role.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Heck, even longtime AL skipper Terry Francona came out of retirement to manage the Reds.
    Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Skip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skip. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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