Meaning and background
The story behind Skip
Skip is an English verb meaning to move lightly with little hops or to omit something. It has also served as a familiar nickname, but the ordinary word and the nickname need not have the same history. Its single beat and hard final sound make it a concise call name; the movement association is descriptive imagery, not evidence of a particular dog’s habits.
- Meaning
- In English, to move with light hops or to omit or pass over something. Source
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About Skip
Recorded as a dog’s name
Skip appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/skɪp/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
View dictionary notation
/skɪp/ · primary stress on syllable 1S K IH1 P
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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