hang vs skip

hang

verb
  • To be executed by suspension by one's neck from a gallows, a tree, or other raised bar, attached by a rope tied into a noose. 

  • To decorate (something) with hanging objects. 

  • To kill (someone) by suspension from the neck, usually as a form of execution or suicide. 

  • To float, as if suspended. 

  • To attach or cause to stick (a charge or accusation, etc.). 

  • To loiter; to hang around; to spend time idly. 

  • To throw a hittable off-speed pitch. 

  • To remain persistently in one's thoughts. 

  • To be or remain suspended. 

  • To veer in one direction. 

  • To exhibit (an object) by hanging. 

  • To apply (wallpaper or drywall to a wall). 

  • To prevent from reaching a decision, especially by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous. 

  • To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of the ground. 

  • To cause (a piece) to become vulnerable to capture. 

  • To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect. 

  • To be vulnerable to capture. 

  • To stop responding to manual input devices such as the keyboard and mouse. 

  • To cause (something) to be suspended, as from a hook, hanger, hinges, or the like. 

  • (used in maledictions) To damn. 

  • To cause (a program or computer) to stop responding. 

noun
  • A mass of hanging material. 

  • A slackening of motion. 

  • A grip, understanding. 

  • He got the hang of it after only two demonstrations. 

  • A hangout. 

  • A person that someone hangs out with. 

  • Cheap processed ham (cured pork), often made specially for sandwiches. 

  • An instance of ceasing to respond to input. 

  • A sharp or steep declivity or slope. 

  • The smallest amount of concern or consideration; a damn. 

  • The way in which something hangs. 

skip

verb
  • To jump rope. 

  • To move by hopping on alternate feet. 

  • 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. 

  • To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. 

  • To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch. 

  • To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1). 

  • To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. 

  • To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). 

  • To have insufficient ink transfer. 

  • To leap about lightly. 

  • Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting). 

  • To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner. 

  • To leap lightly over. 

noun
  • A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep). 

  • A college servant. 

  • A skip car. 

  • The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. 

  • An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. 

  • A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. 

  • The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him. 

  • The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 

  • A wheeled basket used in cotton factories. 

  • A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket. 

  • A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. 

  • A charge of syrup in the pans. 

  • A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. 

  • skywave propagation 

  • The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain. 

  • The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary. 

  • A beehive. 

  • A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. 

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