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skipping

/skˈɪpɪŋ/verb2 syllables

Skipping means: bypass.

Synonyms for skipping12

verb, as in bypass

jump, pass over, skip, skip over

verb, as in jump lightly

hop, skip, hop-skip

verb, as in leave suddenly

decamp, skip, vamoose

verb, as in cause to skip over a surface

skim, skip, skitter

verb, as in intentionally fail to attend

cut, skip

verb, as in bound off one point after another

skip, bound off

What does skipping mean?6

verb

1

bypass“He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”

2

jump lightly

3

leave suddenly“She persuaded him to decamp”

4

cause to skip over a surface“Skip a stone across the pond”

5

intentionally fail to attend“cut class”

6

bound off one point after another

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with skipping?15

three syllables

equipping
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Skipping in a sentence

  • If you want to become big and strong, skipping meals is not okay.58mph
  • I have started skipping lunch with a view to losing weight.unknown
  • Skipping classes can have an enormous negative impact on your final grade.CK
  • You have been skipping school for a week already.marcelostockle
  • You're going to have to quit skipping classes.CK
  • He is the teacher that caught us skipping.OsoHombre
  • I want a skipping rope with wooden handles.sundown
  • Skipping school is heavily punished at this school.purple_ice

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