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4 VERB If you skip or skip over a part of something you are reading or a story you are telling, you miss it out or pass over it quickly and move on to something else. □ [V n] You might want to skip the exercises in this chapter. □ [V + over ] Here it must be noted that Cook skips over the ravages inflicted by the conquistadors. [Also V + to ]

5 VERB If you skip from one subject or activity to another, you move quickly from one to the other although there is no obvious connection between them. □ [V from n to n] She kept up a continuous chatter, skipping from one subject to the next.

6 N‑COUNT A skip is a large, open, metal container which is used to hold and take away large unwanted items and rubbish. [BRIT ] in AM, use dumpster

skip|per /sk I pə ^r / (skippers , skippering , skippered )

1 N‑COUNT You can use skipper to refer to the captain of a ship or boat. □ [+ of ] …the skipper of an English fishing boat. □  Gunfire, skipper!

2 N‑COUNT You can use skipper to refer to the captain of a sports team. □  The England skipper is confident.

3 VERB To skipper a team or a boat means to be the captain of it. □ [V n] He skippered the second Rugby XV.

ski p|ping rope (skipping ropes ) in AM, use skip rope N‑COUNT A skipping rope or skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it round and round and jumping over it.

skir|mish /skɜː ^r m I ʃ/ (skirmishes , skirmishing , skirmished )

1 N‑COUNT A skirmish is a minor battle. □ [+ between ] Border skirmishes between the two countries were common. [Also + with ]

2 VERB If people skirmish , they fight. □ [V ] They were skirmishing close to the minefield now. □ [V + with ] Police skirmished with youths on the estate last Friday.

skirt /skɜː ^r t/ (skirts , skirting , skirted )

1 N‑COUNT A skirt is a piece of clothing worn by women and girls. It fastens at the waist and hangs down around the legs.

2 VERB Something that skirts an area is situated around the edge of it. □ [V n] We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.

3 VERB If you skirt something, you go around the edge of it. □ [V n] We shall be skirting the island on our way. □ [V + round/around ] She skirted round the edge of the room to the door.

4 VERB If you skirt a problem or question, you avoid dealing with it. □ [V n] He skirted the hardest issues, concentrating on areas of possible agreement. □ [V + round/around ] He skirted round his main differences with her.

ski rt|ing board (skirting boards ) N‑VAR Skirting board or skirting is a narrow length of wood which goes along the bottom of a wall in a room and makes a border between the walls and the floor. [BRIT ] in AM, use baseboard

ski slope (ski slopes ) N‑COUNT A ski slope is a sloping surface which you can ski down, either on a snow-covered mountain or on a specially made structure.

skit /sk I t/ (skits ) N‑COUNT A skit is a short performance in which the actors make fun of people, events, and types of literature by imitating them. □ [+ on ] …clever skits on popular songs.

skit|ter /sk I tə ^r / (skitters , skittering , skittered ) VERB If something skitters , it moves about very lightly and quickly. □ [V adv/prep] The rats skittered around them in the drains and under the floorboards.

skit|tish /sk I t I ʃ/

1 ADJ If you describe a person or animal as skittish , you mean they are easily made frightened or excited. □  The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.

2 ADJ Someone who is skittish does not concentrate on anything or take life very seriously. □  …his relentlessly skittish sense of humour.

skit|tle /sk I t ^ə l/ (skittles )