skipping

verbbounce or jump over
verbavoid, miss

Synonyms for skipping

verb bounce or jump over

Antonyms for skipping

Word Origin & History

c.1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse skopa "to take a run," Middle Swedish skuppa "to skip, leap," from Proto-Germanic *skupan (cf. Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Related: Skipped; skipping.

Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. Meaning "to cause to skip or bound" is from 1680s. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.

Example Sentences for skipping

Look again, fellows, and see if they show any signs of skipping.

I was always laughing and skipping about like a featherbrain.

Her heels in the air like little girls playing at skipping, and crying "Father!"

Here is where the art of skipping is to be rigorously applied.

She hurried away, skipping toward the dressing room building.

Surely he did not think of skipping the party, for the horses were abandoned.

On went the ship, and on went the life-preserver, skipping and dancing over the waves.

It's about as likely as seeing Miss Cavendish performing with a skipping rope.

Running, skipping, and jumping, they burst again into the summer-house.

He walked as if he were skipping, and muttered continuously to himself.

skipping

Synonyms for skipping

Antonyms for skipping

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