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Skipping
- verb - bound off one point after another
- bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
- cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
- intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
Slapping
- verb - hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
Slipping
- verb - cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion; "he slipped the bolt into place"
- get worse; "My grades are slipping"
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly; "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
- move easily; "slip into something comfortable"
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
- move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
- move smoothly and easily; "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
- move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
- moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice"
- pass on stealthily; "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
- pass out of one's memory
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
Slopping
- verb - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water"
- feed pigs
- ladle clumsily; "slop the food onto the plate"
- walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
Snapping
- verb -
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped"
- bring the jaws together; "he snapped indignantly"
- close with a snapping motion; "The lock snapped shut"
- lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
- make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped"
- move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
- put in play with a snap; "snap a football"
- record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
- separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"
Snipping
- verb - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
Stapling
- verb - secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together"
Stepping
- verb - cause (a computer) to execute a single command
- furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"
- measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards"
- move or proceed as if by steps into a new situation; "She stepped into a life of luxury"; "he won't step into his father's footsteps"
- move with one's feet in a specific manner; "step lively"
- place (a ship's mast) in its step
- put down or press the foot, place the foot; "For fools rush in where angels fear to tread"; "step on the brake"
- shift or move by taking a step; "step back"
- treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"
- walk a short distance to a specified place or in a specified manner; "step over to the blackboard"
Stopping
- verb -
- fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical;
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments;
- the kind of playing that involves pressing the fingers on the strings of a stringed instrument to control the pitch; "the violinist's stopping was excellent"