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skip

The correct spelling is skip.

How to pronounce skip

/skɪp/
noun

IPA: /skɪp/

Say it like: Ski-p

The correct spelling is skip. A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. For example: "She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other."

Usage Examples

She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

The rock will skip across the pond.

I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
  2. 2.The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
  3. 3.A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
  4. 4.A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
  5. 5.Skywave propagation

verb

  1. 1.To move by hopping on alternate feet.
  2. 2.To leap about lightly.
  3. 3.To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
  4. 4.To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
  5. 5.To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

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