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Definition of skipping : of Skip

Synonyms:

emigrating, breaking out, getting away

averting, shirking, declining, shrinking, sidestepping, abstaining, avoiding, escaping, recoiling, shunning, eluding, dodging, evading, bypassing, circumventing, ducking

pouncing, jumping, springing, vaulting, hurdling, leaping, hopping, bounding

Usage examples:

• The absence of Moonlight and Skipping Rabbit had not at the time been sufficiently prolonged to attract notice. - "The Prairie Chief", R.M. Ballantyne.
• On went the ship, and on went the life- preserver, skipping and dancing over the waves. - "A Jolly Fellowship", Frank R. Stockton.
• Afternoon school was just over, and the children were skipping and running about the streets. - "The Testing of Diana Mallory", Mrs. Humphry Ward.