SKIPPING Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

skipping

verb

present participle of skip

as in hopping

to move with a light springing step children skipping along the woodland path

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as in missing

to fail to attend the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach

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as in bouncing

to strike and fly off at an angle the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor

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Recent Examples of skipping So Nvidia and some of its largest customers proposed a new design, skipping several conversions and distributing power inside the building not through typical AC but through DC, the native form the chips want anyway. — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Other analysts estimate that the global console market remains capped at roughly 200 million users per generation, with Gen Z and Gen Alpha largely skipping dedicated home consoles for mobile, PC, and platforms like Roblox. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 There was a portable record player in the back seat—this was in the days before tape decks and stuff—and the needle was skipping…anyway, Sheddan looks up and Cormac walks by, wearing a navy pea coat. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Caffeine ranges from roughly 50 mg per pouch on the lighter end to as much as 200 mg in high-potency formulas, with some brands skipping caffeine entirely for paraxanthine or mushroom blends. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Littley and Pittman both suggest skipping the rinse for risotto, noting that the starch helps make the dish creamy. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Patients should be told what those treatments cost, why they’re being recommended and whether skipping them would affect the surgery. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 Organizers later cited competition in the festival market and challenges booking country artists as factors in skipping 2025 and 2026. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 But research shows that skipping your first meal of the day could lead to greater blood sugar spikes later on. — Trista Chan, HEALTH, 12 Oct. 2026

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Verb

The Italians have their evening passeggiata, and Spaniards practice the splendid art of the tapear, hopping from tapas joint to tapas joint in search of satisfaction and tipsiness.

— Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026
The researchers developed four main control policies for driving, wheelies and hopping, flipping, and jumping.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

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What was missing was the physical reorganization of factories.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
His raspy voice, his beard, his missing finger and the cadence of his speech have been fixtures of Brazilian public life since Brazil’s first direct presidential election after the dictatorship ended in 1985.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of missing

Verb

In a funny nod to The Great Escape, this Jason spends his solitary confinement bouncing a ball against the wall in defiance of his keepers.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026
Keep products from different stores in one cart Shopping online often means bouncing between websites.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of bouncing

Verb

My ears strained for the telltale sound of a deer bounding away through the darkness.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Clear blue skies are hovering over the Pharmalot campus, where a cool breeze is wafting by and the official mascots are bounding about the grounds in search of critters.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of bounding

Verb

Cameron Berg, who founded the nonprofit Reciprocal Research to study the potential for AI consciousness, argues that ignoring the question could carry its own dangers.

— Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026
With nearly 70% of listeners now consuming video podcasts, treating an interview as just a microphone chat means ignoring how your audience actually consumes content.

— Victoria Usher, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of ignoring

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