skipping

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English

Definitions

verb

To move by hopping on alternate feet.“She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.”
To leap about lightly.
To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.“The rock will skip across the pond.”
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.”

noun

The act by which something is skipped or omitted.

Related words

Synonyms

play hookie leapfrogging jumping generation omitting ignoring dancing breaks bypassing hops jumps leaps hopping leaping bounding prancing gamboling

Associated

exon lysis vinegar splicing rope skipped skip curling rhymes rink ropes rhyme

Rhymes

nipping gripping whipping stripping slipping clipping flipping ripping chipping tripping

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