a gait in which steps and hops alternate
"After his knee surgery, he had to learn how to skip again to cross the finish line of their training exercise."
A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
"At the exclusive fraternity house, a new skip welcomed the incoming freshmen with a tray of champagne."
A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).
Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
A college servant.
In plain English: A skip is a large open-top container used for collecting and storing trash or waste materials.
"Please don't skip the line when you enter the store."
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
"The children lined up at the starting line and began to skip down the garden path, alternating which foot they lifted first."
In plain English: To skip means to jump lightly from one foot to the other while moving forward.
"I decided to skip breakfast this morning because I was in a rush."
Usage: Use this verb to describe moving quickly or lightly by jumping with one foot at a time, such as when skipping rope or playing hopscotch. It is often confused with the more general term "jump," which does not require alternating feet.
A male given name from Old Norse.
"My neighbor Skip always greets me with a warm wave when I walk by his house."
The word "skip" comes from Middle English skippen, which traces its roots back to Proto-Germanic origins meaning "to push or move repeatedly." It likely entered the language through a sense of repeated pushing that evolved into the action of leaping over something.