Found 2 items, similar to Skipping.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: skipping skip n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate 2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission] [also: skipping, skipped] skip v 1: bypass; “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible” [syn: jump, pass over, skip over ] 2: intentionally fail to attend; “cut class” [syn: cut] 3: jump lightly [syn: hop, hop-skip] 4: leave suddenly; “She persuaded him to decamp”; “skip town” [syn: decamp, vamoose] 5: bound off one point after another [syn: bound off] 6: cause to skip over a surface; “Skip a stone across the pond” [syn: skim, skitter] [also: skipping, skipped] skipping See skip
English → English (gcide) Definition: Skipping Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.] 1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit. [1913 Webster] The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope. [1913 Webster] So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over. [1913 Webster]