noun
- A gait in which steps and hops alternate.
- A mistake resulting from neglect.
- synonyms: omission
verb
- Bypass.
- usage: "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
- Intentionally fail to attend.
- usage: "cut class"
- synonyms: cut
- Jump lightly.
- Leave suddenly.
- usage: "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
- Bound off one point after another.
- synonyms: bound off
- Cause to skip over a surface.
- usage: "Skip a stone across the pond"
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