skipped
SaySKIPT/skɪpt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of skip.
He skipped the meeting because he was feeling unwell.
She has skipped several chapters to reach the ending faster.
Note
The doubled p keeps the vowel short, as in hopped and stopped. What the form can do depends on the meaning. Where something is omitted, missed or thrown (a chapter, a class, a flat stone), it takes a passive: the meeting was skipped. Where someone moves lightly or a stone bounces, it stays active: the children skipped down the lane, or have skipped all morning.
skipped is a form of skip
skip, verb: To leave out or pass over an item, step, or stage in a sequence and go on to the next. Full entry
- Spelling
- skip → skipped: double the p, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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