skip
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, *skupaną (“to scoff, mock”), related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Middle Swedish skuppa (“to skip”).
VerbEdit
skip (third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)
- (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
- (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
- Alexander Pope
- The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.
- 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC[1]:
- The hosts maintained their discipline and shape, even threatening to grab a second goal on the break - left-back Dan Harding made a scintillating run, skipping past a few challenges before prodding a right-footed shot that did not match his build-up.
- Alexander Pope
- (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- The rock will skip across the pond.
- 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC[2]:
- After Essien's poor attempt flew into the stands, Rodrigo Moreno - Bolton's on-loan winger from Benfica who was making his full Premier League debut - nearly exposed the Blues with a lovely ball for Johan Elmander, but it just skipped away from his team-mate's toes.
- (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.
- (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- My heart will skip a beat.
- I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.
- Bishop Burnet
- They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.
- To place an item in a skip.
- (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.
- (transitive, informal) To leave
- to skip the country
- 1998, Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
- I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast
- She really want to skip town
- Get back off me, beast off me
- Get back you flea-infested mongrel
- To leap lightly over.
- to skip the rope
- To jump rope.
- The girls were skipping in the playground.
SynonymsEdit
- (informal, not to attend): (US) play hookie
TranslationsEdit
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NounEdit
skip (plural skips)
- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
- (music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Busby to this entry?)
- A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
- 2012, Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)
- Tracking down debtors is a big part of a skip tracer's job. That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips.
- 2012, Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond (page 19)
- (radio) skywave propagation
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
skip (plural skips)
- (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents (see also skep).
- (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
- (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A skep, or basket.
- A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
- (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
- A beehive.
SynonymsEdit
- (open-topped rubbish bin): dumpster (Canada, US)
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Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
skip (plural skips)
- Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
- (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them.[1]
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
skip (plural skips)
- (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
- 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,
- Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?
- Barber: She is Australian.
- Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.
- 2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
skip n (genitive singular skips, plural skip)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of skip | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skip | skipið | skip | skipini |
accusative | skip | skipið | skip | skipini |
dative | skipi | skipinum | skipum | skipunum |
genitive | skips | skipsins | skipa | skipanna |
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
GothicEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
skip n (genitive singular skips, nominative plural skip)
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
- (ship, boat): bátur m, gnoð f, kafs hestur m
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with Danish skib, Swedish skepp, Icelandic skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip), German Schiff, Dutch schip, and English ship.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
skip n (definite singular skipet, indefinite plural skip, definite plural skipa or skipene)
- a ship
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- admiralsskip
- adoptivskip
- akterskip
- bilskip
- blokadeskip
- boreskip
- bulkskip
- containerskip
- cruiseskip
- dampskip
- drageskip
- drillskip
- fabrikkskip
- fangstskip
- flaggskip
- flaskeskip
- forsyningsskip
- frakteskip
- framskip
- fruktskip
- føringsskip
- førselsskip
- handelsskip
- hangarskip
- hospitalsskip
- hotellskip
- hærskip
- koffardiskip
- kombinasjonsskip
- kongeskip
- konteinerskip
- krigsskip
- langskip
- lasteskip
- linjeskip
- luftskip
- malmskip
- midtskip
- moderskip
- motorskip
- oboskip
- oppskynsskip
- orlogsskip
- palleskip
- panserskip
- passasjerskip
- postskip
- regalskip
- roll-on-roll-off-skip
- romskip
- roroskip
- seglskip
- seilskip
- sideskip
- sjørøverskip
- skipbrudd
- skipbrudden
- skipe
- skipning
- skipsaksje
- skipsavgift
- skipsbefal
- skipsbesetning
- skipsbord
- skipsbrød
- skipsbygger
- skipsbyggeri
- skipsbygging
- skipsdekk
- skipseier
- skipsfart
- skipsferdsel
- skipsfolk
- skipsforlis
- skipsfrakt
- skipsfører
- skipsgast
- skipsgrav
- skipsgutt
- skipshandel
- skipshandler
- skipshavari
- skipshud
- skipshund
- skipsingeniør
- skipsinspektør
- skipsjournal
- skipskanal
- skipskaptein
- skipskatt
- skipskavring
- skipskiste
- skipsladning
- skipslast
- skipsled
- skipslege
- skipslei
- skipsleilighet
- skipslengde
- skipsliste
- skipsluke
- skipsmaling
- skipsmannskap
- skipsmegler
- skipsmåling
- skipsnagle
- skipsnisse
- skipsoffiser
- skipspapir
- skipspart
- skipspassasjer
- skipsplanke
- skipsplate
- skipsproviant
- skipsrak
- skipsreder
- skipsrederi
- skipsregister
- skipsrekke
- skipsråd
- skipssekk
- skipssertifikat
- skipssetning
- skipsside
- skipsskrog
- skipsterminal
- skipstrafikk
- skipstrosse
- skipstømmer
- skipsur
- skipsverft
- skipsvrak
- skoleskip
- skonnertskip
- slagskip
- slaveskip
- søsterskip
- tankskip
- transportskip
- turbinskip
- tverrskip
- tørrlastskip
- utvandrerskip
- vaktskip
- veteranskip
- vikingskip
- værskip
ReferencesEdit
- “skip” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Akin to English ship.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
skip n (definite singular skipet, indefinite plural skip, definite plural skipa)
- a ship
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
For other terms please refer to skip (Bokmål) for the time being.
- atterskip
- bilskip
- containerskip
- cruiseskip
- dampskip
- eimskip
- flaggskip
- forsyningsskip
- handelsskip
- hangarskip
- krigsskip
- langskip
- lasteskip
- luftskip
- moderskip
- motorskip
- romskip
- seglskip
- sjørøvarskip
- skipbrot
- skiping
- skipsbygging
- skipsbyggjar
- skipsbyggjeri
- skipsførar
- skipsgut
- skipshandlar
- skipslengd
- skipslott
- skipslut
- skipslækjar
- skipsmeklar
- skipsreiar
- skipssetjing
- skipssetnad
- skipsverft
- skipsvrak
- skuleskip
- slagskip
- snøggruteskip
- systerskip, søsterskip
- tankskip
- vêrskip
ReferencesEdit
- “skip” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English scip (English ship), Old Saxon skip, Old High German skif, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).
NounEdit
skip n (genitive skips, plural skip)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- skip in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *skipą, whence also Old English sċip, Old Frisian skip, Old High German skif, Old Norse skip.
NounEdit
skip n
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | skip | skipu |
accusative | skip | skipu |
genitive | skipes | skipō |
dative | skipe | skipum |
instrumental | — | — |