Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word skip. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in skip.
Definitions and meaning of skip
skip
Pronunciation
enPR: skĭp, IPA(key): /skɪp/
Rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishskippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic*skupjaną, perhaps related to *skeubaną(“to drive, push”), iterative *skuppōną(“to push/move repeatedly, skip”), from Proto-Indo-European*skewbʰ-(“to push, throw, shake”).
Related to Icelandicskopa(“to take a run”), Old Swedishskuppa(“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedishskopa, skimpa(“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp(“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related.
Verb
skip (third-person singular simple presentskips, present participleskipping, simple past and past participleskipped)
(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
(intransitive) To leap about lightly.
(intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
(transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
(transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
But they who have not this doubt, and have a mind to see the issue of the Theory, may skip these two Chapters, if they please, and proceed to the following
(transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
(transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
To leap lightly over.
To jump rope.
To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
(knitting, crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
(printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
Antonym:stack
Synonyms
(informal, not to attend):(US) play hookie
Translations
Noun
skip (pluralskips)
A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
(video games) A trick allowing the player to proceed to a later section of the game without playing through a section that was intended to be mandatory.
(music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
(radio) skywave propagation
Translations
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishskep, skeppe, from Old Englishsceppe, from Old Norseskeppa(“basket”).
Noun
skip (pluralskips)
(Australia, New Zealand, British) A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).
(mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
(steelmaking) A skip car.
(UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
A beehive.
Synonyms
(open-topped rubbish bin):dumpster(Canada, US)
Derived terms
mini skip
skip hoist
skip lorry
skip-raiding
Translations
Verb
skip (third-person singular simple presentskips, present participleskipping, simple past and past participleskipped)
To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1).
Etymology 3
Late Middle Englishskipper, borrowed from Middle Dutch and Middle Low Germanschipper(“captain”), earlier "seaman", from schip(“ship”).
Noun
skip (pluralskips)
Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
(specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
(curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
(bowls) The 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.
(scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.
Translations
Etymology 4
A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. Ultimately from etymology 1 (above).
Alternative forms
skippy
Noun
skip (pluralskips)
(Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
2001, Effie (character played by Mary Coustas), Effie: Just Quietly (TV series), Episode: Nearest and Dearest,
Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?
Barber: She is Australian.
Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.
Translations
See also
limey
wog
Etymology 5
17th-century Ireland. Possibly a clipping of skip-kennel(“young lackey or assistant”). Used at Trinity College Dublin.
Noun
skip (pluralskips)
(Trinity College, Dublin, historical) A college servant.
Related terms
gyp(Cambridge University)
scout(Oxford University)
Etymology 6
Clipping of skip-level manager.
Noun
skip (pluralskips)
(slang) A skip-level manager; the boss of one's boss.
Synonym:grandboss
References
Anagrams
KPIs, kips
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchschip.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /skəp/
Noun
skip (pluralskepe, diminutiveskippieorskepie)
ship
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Northern Ndebele: isikepe
→ Shona: chikepe
→ Sotho: sekepe
→ Tsonga: xikepe
→ Xhosa: isikhephe
→ Zulu: isikebhe
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norseskip, from Proto-Germanic*skipą.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʃiːp/
Rhymes: -iːp
Noun
skipn (genitive singularskips, pluralskip)
ship
(architecture)nave (of a church)
Declension
Derived terms
Anagrams
kips
spik
French
Pronunciation
Noun
skipm (pluralskips)
(mining)skip
Noun
skipm or f (pluralskips)
(curling)skip
Further reading
“skip”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.