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.

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To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

The rock will skip across the pond.

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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

(slipp)

To lose one's traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

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To err.

* Bible, Eccl. xix. 16

There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart.

To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out'', ''off , etc.

A bone may slip out of place.

To pass (a note, money, etc.) often covertly.

She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.

To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.

* Arbuthnot

He tried to slip a powder into her drink.

To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.

Some errors slipped into the appendix.

* Prior

Thus one tradesman slips away, / To give his partner fairer play.

* Dryden

Thrice the flitting shadow slipped away.

* 1883 ,

We slipped along the hedges, noiseless and swift

(figuratively) To move down; to slide.

Profits have slipped over the past six months.

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(falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.

* Shakespeare

Lucento slipped me like his greyhound.

(cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.

(obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.

* Ben Jonson

And slip no advantage / That may secure you.

To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.

to slip a piece of cloth or paper

* Mortimer

The branches also may be slipped and planted.

To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.

A horse slips''' his bridle; a dog '''slips his collar.

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.