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skip

noun verb

a mistake resulting from neglect

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
S
Ends with
P
Contains
KI
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. a mistake resulting from neglect

noun

  1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate

verb

  1. bypass

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

verb

  1. cause to skip over a surface

    “Skip a stone across the pond”

verb

  1. bound off one point after another

verb

  1. jump lightly

verb

  1. leave suddenly

    “She persuaded him to decamp”

verb

  1. intentionally fail to attend

    “cut class”

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Example Sentences

He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
Skip a stone across the pond
She persuaded him to decamp
skip town
cut class

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