sk
sk is the abbreviation of skip.
sk is the abbreviation of seek.
Meaning of skip
Verb
skip (third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)
- To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.
- To leap about lightly.
- The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC
- To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- The rock will skip across the pond.
- To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
- I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.
- To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
- My heart will skip a beat.
- Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.
- Synonyms:
- play hooky
Meaning of seek
Verb
seek (third-person singular simple present seeks, present participle seeking, simple past and past participle sought or (verb sense 7 or verb sense 8, otherwise nonstandard) seeked)
- To try to find; to look for; to search for.
- I seek wisdom.
- Synonyms:
- look for, search for
- To try to acquire or gain; to strive after.
- I sought my fortune on the goldfields.
- To try to reach or come to (a location).
- When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.
- To attempt, to try [with infinitive ‘to do something’].
- Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.
- To ask for; to solicit.
- I seek forgiveness through repentance.
- To go, to move, to travel (in a given direction).
- Ryght so he sought[…]towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich]...
Phrase capitalized: SK
SK
- Initialism of stop keying/stop key, indicating a desire to end the conversation.
- When either of the two people is ready to end the conversation, this is done by typing at the end of a sentence—“SK OR GA” (stop key or go ahead).[1974 December, Leo Dicker, “Suggested Procedures for Using Telecommunication Devices”, in Jess M. Smith, editor, The Deaf American, volume 27, number 4, page 9
- GA OR SK "go ahead or stop keying"[2002, “Calling & Answering”, in Using Your Superprint PRO80 LVD, 1st edition, Ultratec, page 20
Verb capitalized: SK
SK
- Abbreviation of shake.
Noun capitalized: SK
SK (plural SKs)
- Initialism of senior kindergarten.
Proper noun capitalized: SK
SK
- Abbreviation of Saskatchewan: a province of Canada.
- Initialism of South Korea: a country in East Asia.
- Abbreviation of Sikkim: a state of India.
- Initialism of Sunkyong, a company from South Korea.
Synonyms of sk
Forms of sk
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | sks |
| present participle | skg |
| Noun | |
| plural | SKs |
Words formed from sk
Questions about sk
- What is sk the abbreviation of?
- Sk is the abbreviation of skip.
- What part of speech is sk?
- Sk can be a phrase, a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
Words near sk in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sk (page history and authors); SK (page history and authors); skip (page history and authors); seek (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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