Skip — The word skip has several meanings:* Skip (container), a type of large open topped container * Skip (music), a type of interval in music * Skip (music composer), a composer of electronic music from Gent, Belgium. Using influences from musical… … Wikipedia
skip — UK US /skɪp/ noun [C] UK (US Dumpster) TRANSPORT ► a large metal container used for getting rid of rubbish, old building materials, etc. Skips are removed using a truck: »Most of the waste was thrown into a skip … Financial and business terms
skip — Ⅰ. skip [1] ► VERB (skipped, skipping) 1) move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce. 2) jump repeatedly over a rope which is held at both ends and turned over the head and under the feet. 3) jump lightly over.… … English terms dictionary
skip — skip1 [skıp] v past tense and past participle skipped present participle skipping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not do something)¦ 2¦(not deal with something)¦ 3¦(change subjects)¦ 4¦(movement)¦ 5¦(jump over a rope)¦ 6 skip town/skip the country 7 skip it! 8 ski … Dictionary of contemporary English
skip — 1 verb 1 MOVEMENT (I) to move forwards with quick steps and jumps (+ across/along etc): Maria skipped along at her mother s side. 2 NOT DO STH (T) informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do: Children who skip breakfast … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Container (data structure) — For the abstract notion of containers in Type theory, see Container (Type theory). In computer science, a container is a class, a data structure[1][2], or an abstract data type (ADT) whose instances are collections of other objects. In other… … Wikipedia
skip — [[t]skɪ̱p[/t]] skips, skipping, skipped 1) VERB If you skip along, you move almost as if you are dancing, with a series of little jumps from one foot to the other. [V adv/prep] They saw the man with a little girl skipping along behind him... [V… … English dictionary
skip — I UK [skɪp] / US verb Word forms skip : present tense I/you/we/they skip he/she/it skips present participle skipping past tense skipped past participle skipped * 1) a) [intransitive] to move forwards by jumping first on one foot and then the… … English dictionary
skip — I. /skɪp / (say skip) verb (skipped, skipping) –verb (i) 1. to spring, jump, or leap lightly; gambol. 2. to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes. 3. Colloquial to go away hastily; abscond …
skip — 1. v. & n. v. (skipped, skipping) 1 intr. a move along lightly, esp. by taking two steps with each foot in turn. b jump lightly from the ground, esp. so as to clear a skipping rope. c jump about, gambol, caper, frisk. 2 intr. (often foll. by from … Useful english dictionary
