skip: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with P
Meaning of skip
verb
- intransitive
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
Example: She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
- intransitive
To leap about lightly.
- intransitive
To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
Example: The rock will skip across the pond.
- transitive
To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
Example: I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.
Listed forms: skips, skipping, skipped, glossary, skippest.
Source: Wiktionary — skip.
noun
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.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 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.
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Listed forms: skips.
Source: Wiktionary — skip.
noun
- Commonwealth, Ireland, UK
A 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.
A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
A skip car.
- Scotland, UK, dialectal
A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket.
Listed forms: skips.
Source: Wiktionary — skip.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for skip.
noun
a mistake resulting from neglect
verb
bypass
- jump
- pass over
- skip over
verb
intentionally fail to attend
verb
jump lightly
- hop
- hop-skip
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is skip in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of skip
S(1) + K(5) + I(1) + P(3) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of skip
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from skip
9 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in skip. Showing up to 24, longest first.