skip

1. 1.

   a gait in which steps and hops alternate

   Broadergait
2. 2.

   a mistake resulting from neglect

   Synonymsomission

   Broadermistake

   Narrowerfailure

Other forms of skip

plural

skips·

past tense or participle

skipped

present participle

skipping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about skip

What does skip mean?

skip means "bypass". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skip?

skip has 1 syllable: skip. In IPA it is /ˈskɪp/.

What is another word for skip?

Close synonyms include jump, pass over, skip over, cut, hop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skip a common word?

skip is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.