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Antonyms for
skip
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
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All Definitions for Skip

Below are all the dictionary definitions of skip:

1To move by hopping on alternate feet.
2To leap about lightly.
3To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
4To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
5To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
6Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
7To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
8To leap lightly over.
9To jump rope.
10To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continuously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
11To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
12To have insufficient ink transfer.
13A leaping or jumping movement
14The action of one who skips.
15The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another
16An omission of a part.
17A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
18A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
19A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
20Skywave propagation
21A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.
22A large container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents, or to be picked up by hydraulic arms so that its contents can be dumped into the truck.
23A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
24A skip car.
25A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
26A wheeled basket chiefly used in textile factories.
27A charge of syrup in the pans.
28A beehive made of woven straw, wicker, etc.
29To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
30A skipper
31The master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
32The captain of a sports team.
33The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
34The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
35The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.
36An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
37A skip-level manager
38The boss of one's boss.
39A college servant.
40A male given name from Old Norse.

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About antonyms for skip

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