Plural of skip
regular plural
The plural of skip is skips.
Forms of skip
| Singular | skip /skɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | skips |
| Countable | countable |
Skips in a sentence
- That's the case because deadbeats who haven't paid their bills and have disappeared are the most common type of skips.2012, Susan Nash, Skip Tracing Basics and Beyond, page 19
- Beside it was a great engine which worked a continuous steel rope on which the skips were fastened which drew up the débris by successive stages from the bottom of the shaft.1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed
- When your program runs the second time, it skips the load.1988 June 10, Mat Waites, “Loading machine language files.”, in comp.sys.cbm (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025. From the entry kludgeyness
- Producing a second batch is easier if she skips the last grueling week or two of provisioning fledglings.2020, Laura Erickson, The Love Lives of Birds: Courting and Mating Rituals, North Adams, M.A.: Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry a
- If the needle skips a groove or two, another instance of the same sample will be located in exactly the same spot.2012, Stephen Webber, DJ Skills: The essential guide to Mixing and Scratching. From the entry skipless
Meaning of skip
- verb To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- verb To leap about lightly.
- verb To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
Questions about the plural of skip
- What is the plural of skip?
- The plural of skip is skips.
- Is skip countable?
- Skip is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skip (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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