skips
Bypasses or gambols
Skips is the plural of skip and the third-person singular present tense of the verb.
To skip is to move with light, bouncing steps, or to pass over something without stopping: She skips the boring parts of the book.
A skip is such a movement or omission.
In British English, a skip is also a large open container for construction debris or waste.
The captain of a curling team is called the skip, short for skipper.
Bittering agent for ale
- jumpsPushes off ground
- boundsEdges or leaps
- leapsShort springing motions
- bouncesSprings back repeatedly
prances · gambols · frolics · springs · capers · trips · scampers · gallops
Goes around instead
- ignoresRefuses to acknowledge
- overlooksMisses or surveys
- neglectsFails to care for
- disregardsFails to consider
misses · avoids · passes · excludes · evades · sidesteps · forgoes · abstains
hops
Bittering agent for ale
bounces · prances · gambols · frolics · springs · capers · trips · scampers · gallops · romps
bypasses
Goes around instead
disregards · misses · avoids · passes · excludes · evades · sidesteps · forgoes · abstains · dodges
jumps
Pushes off ground
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- cardioPulse-elevating exercise regimen
- double-dutchJump-rope with two ropes
exercise · rhyme · game · twirl · recess · hopscotch · children · workout · rhythm · aerobic
dumpster
Commercial refuse container
construction · debris · haul · disposal · rental · load · industrial · refuse · rubble · demolition
- leaving outomits, excludes, bypasses, passes over, elides
- trash binstrash cans, garbage cans, rubbish bins, wheelie bins, recycling bins
- mine haulagemine cars, mine carts, ore carts, haulage, conveyors
- surface defectscracks, crazing, peeling, blistering, bubbles
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- hoistschain hoists, winches, winder, elevators, lifts
skipsattends
Is present at
shows up · goes to · participates · appears · turns up
- skip schoolUnauthorized absence from class
- skipping schoolUnauthorized absence from class
- skip outLeave abruptly, often irresponsibly
- skipped a beatMomentary heart rhythm interruption
- skip a beatBrief rhythmic interruption
- skip townDepart hastily to evade
skip, skipping, skipped, skipper, skippers, skippering, unskipped