verb

skip

Translation

to skip, to miss out, to jump over

I decided to skip the meeting.

The children were skipping in the playground.

Let's skip to the next chapter.

((sth.)) to not do or have (sth.). He skipped breakfast this morning.

((no object)) to move forwards with little jumps. She skipped down the street.

((to sth.)) to move quickly from one point to another, missing out the part in between. Let's skip to the end of the movie.

Synonyms: miss, omit, bypass, jump, leap

From Old Norse 'skopa', meaning 'to take a run, to skip'.

Imagine skipping a stone across water – it jumps over the surface. You can also skip a boring part of a book.