Skimp vs. Skip

Skimpverb

To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

Skimpverb

(transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

Skimpverb

To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

Skimpverb

(intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

Skimpadjective

Scanty.

Skimpnoun

A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.

Skimpnoun

Underwear.

Skimpverb

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

Skimpverb

To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

Skimpverb

To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.

Skimpadjective

Scanty.

Skimpverb

work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

Skimpverb

limit in quality or quantity

Skimpverb

subsist on a meager allowance;

Skimpverb

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities;

Skipverb

(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

Skipverb

(intransitive) To leap about lightly.

Skipverb

(intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

Skipverb

(transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

Skipverb

(transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

Skipverb

To place an item in a skip.

Skipverb

Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

Skipverb

To leave

Skipverb

To leap lightly over.

Skipverb

To jump rope.

Skipnoun

A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

Skipnoun

The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

Skipnoun

(music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

Skipnoun

A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

Skipnoun

(radio) skywave propagation

Skipnoun

A basket. See Skep.

Skipnoun

A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

Skipnoun

An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

Skipnoun

A charge of sirup in the pans.

Skipnoun

A beehive; a skep.

Skipnoun

A light leap or bound.

Skipnoun

The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

Skipnoun

A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

Skipverb

To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; - commonly implying a sportive spirit.

Skipverb

Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; - often followed by over.

Skipverb

To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

Skipverb

To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.

Skipverb

To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.

Skipnoun

a gait in which steps and hops alternate

Skipnoun

a mistake resulting from neglect

Skipverb

bypass;

Skipverb

intentionally fail to attend;

Skipverb

jump lightly

Skipverb

leave suddenly;

Skipverb

bound off one point after another

Skipverb

cause to skip over a surface;

Skipverb

move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce

Skipverb

jump over a rope which is held at both ends by oneself or two other people and turned repeatedly over the head and under the feet, as a game or for exercise

Skipverb

jump over (a rope that is being turned)

Skipverb

jump lightly over

Skipverb

omit (part of a book that one is reading, or a stage in a sequence that one is following)

Skipverb

move quickly and in an unmethodical way from one point or subject to another

Skipverb

fail to attend or deal with as appropriate; miss

Skipverb

abandon an undertaking, conversation, or activity

Skipverb

run away; disappear

Skipverb

depart quickly and secretly from

Skipverb

throw (a stone) so that it ricochets off the surface of water

Skipverb

act as skip of (a side)

Skipnoun

a light, bouncing step; a skipping movement

Skipnoun

an act of passing over part of a sequence of data or instructions.

Skipnoun

a person who is missing, especially one who has defaulted on a debt.

Skipnoun

a large transportable open-topped container for building and other refuse

Skipnoun

a cage or bucket in which men or materials are lowered and raised in mines and quarries.

Skipnoun

variant spelling of skep

Skipnoun

the captain or director of a side at bowls or curling.