Words / B1

SKIP/skɪp/

Skip as a verb means to not do something you should do, or to move with little jumps, often with a rope. Miss is close for a lesson; omit is more formal for leaving something out. Mocks: do not skip them; a GP letter is the authorised absence. A skip as a noun is a large open container for rubbish — a different word class.

Meaning

To not do something you should do; also to move with little jumps, often with a rope.

Examples

• “Do not skip the mock; a GP letter is the only authorised absence.”
• “Skip with a rope in PE is the jump sense, not missing the lesson.”

Good to know

skip a lesson / a meal; skip with a rope. Close (absence): miss. Noun: a skip (rubbish). School / PE. Mix-up: a skip as a container is countable; the verb is skip.

Near in meaning

miss

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