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skip
A	noun
	1	omission, skip
			a mistake resulting from neglect
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚nonaccomplishment; nonachievement ╚mistake; error; fault ╚omission, skip ╚failure
	2	skip
			a gait in which steps and hops alternate
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚motion; movement; move ╚locomotion; travel ╚walk; walking ╚gait ╚skip
B	verb
	1	jump, pass over, skip, skip over
			bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
		Category Tree: neglect; pretermit; omit; drop; miss; leave out; overlook; overleap ╚jump, pass over, skip, skip over
	2	skim, skip, skitter
			cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚propel; impel ╚throw ╚skim, skip, skitter
	3	skip, bound off
			bound off one point after another
		Category Tree: move ╚jump; leap; bound; spring ╚bounce; resile; take a hop; spring; bound; rebound; recoil; reverberate; ricochet ╚skip, bound off
	4	hop, skip, hop-skip
			jump lightly
		Category Tree: move ╚jump; leap; bound; spring ╚hop, skip, hop-skip
	5	decamp, skip, vamoose
			leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
		Category Tree: leave; go forth; go away ╚decamp, skip, vamoose
	6	cut, skip
			intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"
		Category Tree: fail; neglect ╚miss ╚cut, skip ╚bunk off; play hooky

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