sky

Less common meanings

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   hit ball highverbtransitive

   In sports, to hit or kick a ball very high into the air.

   The striker skied the penalty over the bar.

   Keep your head down, or you will sky the ball over the goal.

   UsageSay a player skied the ball or skied a shot.

   Similarballoon, loft

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   jump for ballverbcolloquialintransitive

   To jump very high into the air, often to reach a ball in a game.

   Our tallest player can sky above everyone to grab the ball.

   She skied over two defenders and headed the ball into the net.

   UsageThe player jumps very high: he skied for the ball.

   Similarleap, soar, rise, jump

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   verbintransitive

   To move very fast, as if flying, or to run away, especially by plane.

   Similarfly, flee, bolt

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   clear a barverbtransitive

   In sports, to jump over a bar or hurdle with lots of room to spare.

   She skied the bar on her first try.

   Tall jumpers sky the early heights with ease.

   UsageSay an athlete skied the bar.

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   drink by pouringverbcolloquialtransitive

   To drink from a bottle or jug without letting it touch your lips.

   We skied the water bottle so everyone could share it.

   If you want some of my water, sky it so your lips stay off the bottle.

   UsageSay sky the bottle or sky the carton.

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   raise oarverbintransitive

   In rowing, to lift the oar too high above the water.

   The new rower skied at the catch and missed the water.

   Our coach yells at us when we sky at the start of the stroke.

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    gallery topverbdatedtransitive

    In old use, to hang a painting too high to be seen well, or to put something in a bad spot.

    The artists—I mean the younger brood, and not the Brother Academicians who "skied" his pictures—were the first and the most enthusiastic in his [George Fuller's] praise.

    1883, M[ariana] G[riswold] Van Rensselaer, “George Fuller”Here, skied means hung his pictures high up on the wall, hard to see.

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    verbdatedtransitive

    In old slang, to throw something up in the air, especially to flip a coin.

    Similartoss, flip

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    physicsnouncountable

    In physics, all the paths of light that could pass through one point in space and time.

    Every direction a ray of light can take through a point belongs to the sky at that point.

    Each point in space-time has its own sky.

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    verbobsoletetransitive

    In old use, to push up the price at an auction by bidding high.

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    nounobsolete

    In old slang, the highest rows of pictures in a gallery, where they are hard to see.

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    nounobsolete

    An old word for a cloud.

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    nounobsoleteUK

    At Westminster School long ago, an unpleasant person or enemy.

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