how to pronounce skip

/ˈskɪp/

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skip is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of skip in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… solution might be counseling but skip a …”

meanings of skip

noun:

A college servant.
A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
A skep, or basket.
A charge of syrup in the pans.
A beehive.
A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.
Skywave propagation.
A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.
The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.
A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).

verb:

To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
To leap about lightly.
To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
To place an item in a skip.
To leap lightly over.
To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
To jump rope.
Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

name:

A male given name from Old Norse.

skip frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word skip occurs in english on average 20.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics skip can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that skip can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) leisure and entertainment;

3) people, society, and culture;

4) transport and travel;