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How to pronounce “skip”

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Pronunciation guide for skip

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of skip with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Open Source on a Universal ScaleAnd so if we skip way ahead to the 1930s, the reason
Definition summary: (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

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Open Source on a Universal Scale

And so if we skip way ahead to the 1930s, the reason

[Verb]
(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
(intransitive) To leap about lightly.
(intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
(transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
(transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
(transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
(transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
To leap lightly over.
To jump rope.
To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. (of a phonograph record)
(knitting, crochet) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.
(printing) To have insufficient ink transfer.
[Noun]
A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
(music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.[4]
A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.
(radio) skywave propagation
(informal) A song, typically one on an album, that is not worth listening to.