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skipping

noun A2
  1. The act by which something is skipped or omitted.
  2. The game, activity, or exercise of jump rope.

Plural skippings

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I had no idea how long he might be, but I sat stolidly puffing at my pipe and skipping over the pages of Henri Murger’s “Vie de Bohème.” Ten o’clock passed, and I heard the footsteps of the maid as they pattered off to bed.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 52 · B2
Now and then you might see a rabbit skipping across the road if you were quiet--which, with Anne and Diana, happened about once in a blue moon.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 107 · C1
Skipping the traffic saves a lot of time and reduces daily stress.
My Office is My Kitchen, p. 1 · B1

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