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overskipping

overskipping is the present participle and gerund of overskip.

Meaning of overskip

Verb

overskip (third-person singular simple present overskips, present participle overskipping, simple past and past participle overskipped)

  1. (archaic) To skip or leap over
  2. (archaic) to treat with indifference or ignore.
    • the mind much sufferance doth o'erskipc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about overskipping

What is overskipping the present participle and gerund of?
Overskipping is the present participle and gerund of overskip.

Words near overskipping in the dictionary

  1. overskimmed
  2. overskimming
  3. overskims
  4. overskip
  5. overskipped
  6. overskipping
  7. overskips
  8. overskirt
  9. overskirts
  10. oversky
  11. overslack

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overskipping (page history and authors); overskip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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