Verb

(skipp)

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

To leap about lightly.

* Alexander Pope

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

* Nathaniel Hawthorne

So she drew her mother away skipping , dancing, and frisking fantastically.

* {{quote-news

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To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

The rock will skip across the pond.

* {{quote-news

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To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

My heart will skip a beat.

I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.

* Bishop Burnet

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.

To place an item in a skip.

(informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.

(informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.

* 1998 ,

I see ya' little speed boat head up our coast

She really want to ''skip town

Get back off me, beast off me

Get back you flea infested mongrel

To leap lightly over.

to skip the rope

To jump rope.

The girls were skipping in the playground.

Verb

(es)

(ambitransitive) To fail to hit.

I missed the target.

I tried to kick the ball, but missed .

* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)

Men observe when things hit, and not when they miss .

* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)

Flying bullets now, / To execute his rage, appear too slow; / They miss , or sweep but common souls away.

To fail to achieve or attain.

to miss an opportunity

* (John Locke) (1632-1705)

When a man misses his great end, happiness, he will acknowledge he judged not right.

To feel the absence of someone or something, sometimes with regret.

I miss you! Come home soon!

* (John Milton) (1608-1674)

What by me thou hast lost, thou least shalt miss .

*

The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained.

To fail to understand or have a shortcoming of perception.

miss the joke

To fail to attend.

Joe missed the meeting this morning.

To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).

I missed the plane!

(sports) To fail to score (a goal).

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 18, author=Ben Dirs, work=BBC Sport

, title= Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , passage=Georgia, ranked 16th in the world, dominated the breakdown before half-time and forced England into a host of infringements, but fly-half Merab Kvirikashvili missed three penalties.}}

(obsolete) To go wrong; to err.

* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

Amongst the angels, a whole legion / Of wicked sprites did fall from happy bliss; / What wonder then if one, of women all, did miss ?

(obsolete) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

* (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

What here shall miss , our toil shall strive to mend.