skip

Definition

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

Etymology

From Middle English skippen, 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 Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Old Swedish skuppa (“to skip”), modern dialectal Swedish skopa, skimpa (“to skip, leap”), and English shove. See also dialectal English skimp (“to mock”) (Etymology 1), considered by some to be related.

Example Sentences

• "She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other."
• "The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?"
• "So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically."