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alternate |
"Alternate" means "every other." If you have a guitar lesson on alternate Tuesdays, then you have a lesson on one Tuesday, but then you skip the next Tuesday. Then you have a lesson again on the Tuesday after that, and so on. [1/7 definitions] |
caper1 |
to leap, hop, or skip about in a playful way; frolic. [1/3 definitions] |
dance |
to jump or skip along in excitement. [1/7 definitions] |
frisk |
to leap or skip in a lively and happy way. [1/2 definitions] |
hop1 |
to jump or skip on one foot only. [1/4 definitions] |
pass |
If you pass on something, you skip it. You don't take it. If you pass in a game, you don't do anything with your turn. [1/15 definitions] |
skip |
When you skip, you move forward by sliding and jumping a little on one foot and then on the other. When you skip, you usually move along faster than walking but not as fast as running. [5/6 definitions] |
thorough |
When you do something in a thorough way, you do it in a complete way. You don't skip anything important. If you wash your hands in a thorough way, your hands become very clean. [2 definitions] |
verb |
a word that expresses a state of being or an action. Verbs usually have different forms to express tense, voice, mood, and number. "Read," "blew," "drives," "seemed," and "skip" are examples of verbs. |
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