to skip from town to town

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• town — noun 1 place with many streets and buildings ADJECTIVE ▪ big, large, major ▪ little, small, tiny (esp. AmE) ▪ nearby, neighbouring/n …   Collocations dictionary

• Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms — Cover of the first tankōbon edition of the manga, published by Futabasha 夕凪の街 桜の国 (Yūnagi no machi, Sakura no kuni) …   Wikipedia

• Skip to My Lou — (Skip to The Lou) is a popular children s song.History Skip to My (The) Lou was a popular partner stealing dance from America s frontier period. Since instruments were frowned upon, particularly the fiddle, the dancers had to create their own… …   Wikipedia

• skip — skip1 [skip] vi. skipped, skipping [ME skippen, prob. < Scand form akin to ON skopa, to jump, run < IE * skeub , to shoot, throw > SHOVE] 1. to leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot… …   English World dictionary

• skip — skip1 [skıp] v past tense and past participle skipped present participle skipping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not do something)¦ 2¦(not deal with something)¦ 3¦(change subjects)¦ 4¦(movement)¦ 5¦(jump over a rope)¦ 6 skip town/skip the country 7 skip it! 8 ski …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Skip Holtz — College coach infobox Title = Head coach Name = Louis Leo Skip Holtz, Jr. |250px Caption = Coach Holtz in his first game as the Pirates head coach. DateOfBirth = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1964|3|12|mf=y Birthplace = Willimantic, CT Sport =… …   Wikipedia

• skip — skip1 [ skıp ] verb * 1. ) intransitive to move forward by jumping first on one foot and then the other: Julie skipped down the sidewalk. a ) transitive to jump over a rope that you or two other people swing above your head and then under your… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• skip — skip1 skippingly, adv. /skip/, v., skipped, skipping, n. v.i. 1. to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot. 2. to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what… …   Universalium

• skip — I [[t]skɪp[/t]] v. skipped, skip•ping, n. 1) cvb to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot 2) to pass from one point, thing, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes 3) to go away… …   From formal English to slang

• skip — 1 verb 1 MOVEMENT (I) to move forwards with quick steps and jumps (+ across/along etc): Maria skipped along at her mother s side. 2 NOT DO STH (T) informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do: Children who skip breakfast …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• skip — I. verb (skipped; skipping) Etymology: Middle English skippen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect skopa to hop Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip b. to bound off …   New Collegiate Dictionary