{
    "term": "skip",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "skip",
            "heSheIt": "skips"
        },
        "pastSimple": "skipped",
        "pastParticiple": "skipped",
        "ingForm": "skipping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to move forwards lightly and quickly making a little jump with each step",
            "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She skipped happily along beside me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lambs were skipping about in the fields."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Scott practically skipped home, he was so happy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She skipped off to play with her friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She skipped to the door."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["lightly", "nimbly", "happily"],
                "preposition": ["down", "up", "to"],
                "phrases": ["somebody’s heart skips a beat"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to jump over a rope which is held at both ends by yourself or by two other people and is passed again and again over your head and under your feet",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He skips for about 20 minutes a day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The girls were skipping in the playground."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She likes to skip rope as a warm-up."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to not do something that you usually do or should do",
            "sensetop": "skip something",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I often skip breakfast altogether."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She decided to **skip class** that afternoon."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to leave out something that would normally be the next thing that you would do, read, etc.",
            "sensetop": "skip somethingskip over somethingskip to something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can skip the next chapter if you have covered the topic in class.",
                    "contextForm": "skip something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What I saw made my heart skip a beat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I skipped over the last part of the book.",
                    "contextForm": "skip over something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I suggest we skip to the last item on the agenda.",
                    "contextForm": "skip to something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to move from one place to another or from one subject to another very quickly",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She kept skipping from one topic of conversation to another."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to leave a place secretly or suddenly",
            "sensetop": "skip something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bombers skipped the country shortly after the blast."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to make a flat stone jump across the surface of water",
            "sensetop": "skip something (across, over, etc. something)",
            "labels": "British English also",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The boys were skipping stones across the pond."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of fear, excitement, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "My heart missed a beat when I saw who it was."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to fail to appear at your trial after you have paid money to be allowed to go free until the trial",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He skipped bail and went on the run for two weeks."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to tell somebody rudely that you do not want to talk about something or repeat what you have said",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘What were you saying?’ ‘Oh, skip it!’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɪp/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skip__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɪps/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skips__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɪpt/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skipped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɪpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skipping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɪp/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skip__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɪps/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skips__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɪpt/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skipped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɪpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sk/skip/skipping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin."
}