English words: skiddly to skip a beat

English words skiddly to skip a beat

1. skiddly adjective, interjection: A nonsense word used in musical phrases.
2. skiddoo noun, verb: Alternative form of skidoo.
3. skiddy adjective /ˈskɪdi/: Likely to skid, or cause skidding.
4. Skidegate proper noun /ˈskɪdɪɡɪt/: A Haida community in Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, Canada, on the southeast coast of Graham Island.
5. Skidi noun: A member of a band of Pawnee people who, in historical times, lived mainly along the Platte River, and now live in the Pawnee Nation, in Oklahoma.
6. skidmark noun: Alternative form of skid mark.
7. skidmarked adjective: Stained with one or more skidmarks.
8. Skidmore proper noun: A surname.
9. skidoo noun, verb /ˈskiˌduː/: A snowmobile.
10. skidooer noun: A snowmobiler.
11. skidooing noun, verb: Synonym of snowmobiling.
12. skidpad noun: A large, circular area of flat pavement used for various tests of a car's handling.
13. skidpan noun: A skidpad.
14. skidplate noun: A metal plate affixed to the underside of a vehicle to prevent damage to key components in the undercarriage.
15. skidproof adjective: Resistant to skidding; nonslip.
16. skidrow noun: Alternative form of skid row.
17. skidsteer adjective, noun: Having steering achieved by differential steering, up to and including skidding of the wheels.
18. skidway noun: A skid road.
19. Skien proper noun: A town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
20. skier noun /ˈskiːə(ɹ)/: One who skis.
21. skier cross noun: Alternative form of skiercross.
22. skier day noun: A day of skiing purchased in a ski area, used to measure the number of skiers in any one particular ski area. A season pass is generally considered to be...
23. skier's thumb noun: Synonym of gamekeeper's thumb.
24. skier X noun: Abbreviation of skiercross.
25. skiercross noun: A downhill skiing discipline over obstacles with many simultaneous racers.
26. skiey adjective: Alternative form of skyey.
27. skiff noun, verb /skɪf/: A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
28. skiffer noun: Slate.
29. skiffle noun, verb /ˈskɪf.əl/: A type of folk music, with jazz and blues influences, using homemade or improvised instruments.
30. skiffler noun: A performer of skiffle music.
31. skiffless adjective: Without a skiff (type of boat).
32. skifflike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a skiff.
33. skiffling noun, verb: Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
34. skifield noun: An area of snow used for skiing.
35. skift noun, verb /skɪft/: Synonym of skiff (“light shower of rain or snow; light dusting of snow or ice (on ground, water, etc)”).
36. skiing noun, verb /ˈski.ɪŋ/: A group of sports using skis as primary equipment.
37. skijor verb: To cross-country ski behind one or more dogs or horses, or a vehicle.
38. skijore verb: Alternative form of skijor.
39. skijorer noun: One who skijors.
40. skijoring noun, verb: The winter sport of a person being towed on skis, especially by sled dogs
41. skijumper noun: Alternative form of ski jumper.
42. skijumping noun: Alternative form of ski jumping.
43. skikjoring noun: Alternative form of skijoring.
44. skil noun /skɪl/: Synonym of sablefish.
45. skilandis noun: A Lithuanian sausage made from meat, fat, salt, pepper and garlic, traditionally pressed into a pig's stomach or bladder.
46. Skiles proper noun: A surname.
47. skiless adjective: Without skis, or a ski.
48. skilfish noun: A fish, of the genus Erilepis, found on deep rocky bottoms in the North Pacific.
49. skilful adjective /ˈskɪlfəl/: Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
50. skilfully adverb: UK standard spelling of skillfully.
51. skilfulness noun: The state or condition of being skilful.
52. skilift noun: Alternative form of ski lift.
53. skilike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of skis or skiing.
54. skill adjective, noun, verb /skɪl/: A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
55. skill ceiling noun: The amount of skill required to master some activity (especially a game or character); the maximum possible skill.
56. skill crane noun: Synonym of skill tester.
57. skill floor noun: The minimum amount of skill required to be considered competent at some game or activity.
58. skill issue interjection, noun /ˈskɪl ˌɪsjuː/: A lack of skill at a game.
59. skill-less adjective: rare spelling of skilless
60. skill-lessness noun: Alternative form of skillessness.
61. skill monkey noun: In roleplaying games, a character with a number of special abilities.
62. skill point noun: One of the points allocated to a player character, often when leveling up, to purchase abilities on their skill tree.
63. skill set noun: A set of skills.
64. skill shot noun: A bonus obtained by hitting a target with a ball when either launched directly from the plunger or as the first shot done with flippers once the ball has...
65. skill-stop adjective: Of a slot machine or pachislo, relying solely on player input to stop the reels.
66. skill tester noun: A box of prizes, encased in glass, and equipped with a mechanical arm with a claw that a hopeful player operates to retrieve a prize.
67. skill tree noun: A hierarchical visual representation of customizations a player can make to their character. Skill trees can either branch out or eventually fold back to a...
68. skill up verb: To increase the skills of (typically a worker); to train.
69. skilla noun: A bell at the seniors' table in the refectory of a medieval monastery in England.
70. skillage noun: The state of being highly skilled, the state of being skillful.
71. skilled adjective, verb /skɪld/: Having or showing skill; skillful.
72. skilledly adverb: In a skilled manner.
73. Skillern proper noun: A surname.
74. skilless adjective /ˈskɪl.ləs/: Without skill; unskilled, inept.
75. skillessly adverb: in a skilless manner
76. skillessness noun: Lack of skill; ineptness.
77. skillet noun, verb /ˈskɪl.ɪt/: A large and heavy saucepan or frying pan with legs and, usually, a long handle designed for heating food in a fireplace.
78. skillet bread noun: A type of bread cooked in a skillet over an open fire, usually cornbread.
79. skillet corn bread noun: Synonym of skillet bread.
80. skillful adjective /ˈskɪl.fəl/: Possessing skill; skilled.
81. skillfully adverb /ˈskɪlfəli/: In a skillful manner; with skill.
82. skillfulness noun: The state or quality of being adept or skillful.
83. skilligalee noun: A thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, formerly given to prisoners and paupers in England.
84. skilligolee noun: Alternative form of skillygalee.
85. skilling noun, verb: A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler).
86. skillion noun: A room built against the back of another building, having a separate roof.
87. skillless adjective: Uncommon spelling of skilless.
88. skilllessness noun: Alternative spelling of skillessness.
89. skillman noun: A gray-collar worker; someone who does skilled technical work.
90. skillo adjective: great, excellent
91. skills shortage noun: A lack of specialized workforce.
92. skillset noun: Alternative form of skill set.
93. skillshare noun /ˈskɪlˌʃɛɹ/: An event where volunteers teach skills.
94. skillsome adjective: Characterised or marked by skill
95. skillwise adverb: In terms of skill.
96. skilly adjective, noun /ˈskɪli/: Skillygalee.
97. skillygalee noun: A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc.
98. Skilsaw noun: Trademark for a portable circular saw.
99. skilsies noun: Alternative form of skully (“street game of flicking caps”).
100. skilts noun: A kind of wide, coarse, short trousers worn in the USA around the 18th century.
101. skilvings noun: A frame fixed on top of a cart to increase its carrying capacity.
102. skim adjective, noun, verb /skɪm/: To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
103. skim coat noun, verb: A thin layer of plaster, glue, plastic, or other substance applied over a surface in order to cover imperfections and make it smoother.
104. skim milk noun: Non-fat milk; milk that has had the cream removed.
105. skim off verb: To separate (the best part of something from the remainder).
106. skim pit noun: An open-air pit into which a mixture of oil and water is pumped and left to separate so that the oil can be extracted.
107. skim-read verb: To read quickly, skipping some detail.
108. skim through verb: to go through something hastily
109. skimback noun: A fish, the quillback (Carpioides cyprinus).
110. skimble-scamble adjective: Alternative spelling of skimble-skamble.
111. skimble-skamble adjective, noun /ˈskɪmb(ə)lˌskæmb(ə)l/: Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.
112. skimboard noun, verb: The thin board used in skimboarding.
113. skimboarder noun: One who takes part in the sport of skimboarding.
114. skimboarding noun: A form of surfing in shallow water near a beach.
115. skimeister noun: An expert skier, especially one who has won many competitions.
116. skimelton noun /ˈskɪməltən/: A raucous gathering outside the home of newlyweds; a skimmington, a shivaree.
117. skimington noun: Alternative form of skimmington.
118. skimmability noun: The quality or degree of being skimmable.
119. skimmable adjective: Capable of, or (especially) optimized for, being skimmed (read through quickly).
120. skimmed adjective, verb: Of milk: with all of the cream removed.
121. skimmed milk noun: UK standard form of skim milk.
122. skimmel noun: A roan (dappled horse)
123. skimmelton noun: Alternative form of skimmington.
124. skimmer noun, verb: A sieve-like, slotted spoon.
125. skimmerton noun: Alternative form of skimmington.
126. skimmia noun: Any of the genus Skimmia of evergreen shrubs and trees.
127. skimmianine noun: A furoquinoline alkaloid found in plants of subfamily Zanthoxyloideae, such as Zanthoxylum chalybeum rootbark and Skimmia japonica.
128. skimmilk noun: Alternative form of skim milk.
129. skimming noun, verb: Something skimmed from a surface etc.
130. skimmingly adverb: in a skimming manner
131. skimmington noun: A person impersonating his/her offending spouse in a procession with the aim of ridicule.
132. skimmity noun: Ellipsis of skimmity-ride.
133. skimmity-ride noun: Synonym of charivari (“mock serenade”).
134. skimmy adjective /ˈskɪmi/: Tending or seeming to skim; loose
135. skimo noun: Ski mountaineering, especially competitive ski mountaineering.
136. skimobile noun: snowmobile
137. skimobiling noun: The use of a skimobile; snowmobiling.
138. skimp adjective, noun, verb /ˈskɪmp/: To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
139. skimp and save verb: Alternative form of scrimp and save.
140. skimped adjective, verb /skɪmpt/: Sparse; scanty.
141. skimper noun /ˈskɪmpə/: One who skimps or does slipshod work.
142. skimpflation noun: The practice of reducing the quality of products while continuing to market them at the same price.
143. skimpies noun: plural of skimpy
144. skimpily adverb: In a skimpy manner.
145. skimpiness noun: The property of being skimpy.
146. skimping adjective, verb /ˈskɪmpɪŋ/: scanty; meagre; done inefficiently.
147. skimpingly adverb: So as to skimp; stingily; insufficiently.
148. skimpy adjective, noun /ˈskɪmpi/: Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.
149. skin noun, verb /skɪn/: The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
150. skin a flint verb: Go to great lengths to save or gain something, particularly money.
151. skin and blister noun: A sister.
152. skin and bone noun: Alternative form of skin and bones.
153. skin and bones noun: A person or an animal that is emaciated or very thin, as from lack of nutrition.
154. skin art noun: The engraving of tattos; tattooage.
155. skin back verb: Retract (an envelope of skin or flesh, or an analogous protective sheath).
156. skin beetle noun: A beetle of the family Dermestidae.
157. skin cancer noun: A malignant growth on the skin, such as melanoma.
158. skin cell noun: A specialized cell that constitutes the skin, primarily located in the epidermis.
159. skin color noun: The color of human skin.
160. skin colour noun: Alternative spelling of skin color.
161. skin-crawling adjective: Horrifying or nauseating, so as to cause a creeping sensation in a person's skin.
162. skin cream noun: A cosmetic cream to moisturise the skin
163. skin deep adjective: Shallow, superficial.
164. skin-dive verb: To swim underwater with equipment.
165. skin-diver noun: Someone who skin-dives.
166. skin diving noun, verb: Swimming underwater without a diving suit.
167. skin dresser noun: A tanner; a furrier.
168. skin effect noun: The tendency of an alternating current to distribute itself in a conductor such that the current density is greater near the surface than near the core.
169. skin fade noun: Synonym of fade (“hairstyle”).
170. skin fasting noun: Abstinence from skincare products for a determined time period; the temporal reduction or elimination of the use of skincare products.
171. skin flick adjective, noun: A pornographic film.
172. skin food noun: A moisturizing cream for the skin.
173. skin forming alloy noun: An alloy that has a narrow solidification range, usually less than 50 °C.
174. skin fragility syndrome noun: A cutaneous condition caused by plakophilin 1 deficiency and characterized by trauma-induced blisters and erosions.
175. skin glue noun: dermal adhesive; a glue used to close wounds in the skin, as an alternative to sutures etc.
176. skin graft noun, verb: An operation to graft a piece of skin, moving it from one place to another; a dermoplasty.
177. skin grafting noun, verb: The procedure of covering and healing an open wound by transplanting healthy skin from one area of the body to another.
178. skin group noun: An Australian Aborigine social division, which is inherited from the mother and which determines whom one can marry and how one relates to others.
179. skin hunger noun: A craving for interpersonal physical contact, such as hugs.
180. skin in the game noun: A stake; something at risk, especially with regard to money and investments.
181. skin job noun: A robot or android with humanoid flesh and skin.
182. skin mag noun: Short form of skin magazine.
183. skin magazine noun: An adult or pornographic magazine.
184. skin merchant noun: One who trades in skin-based products like furs and leather.
185. skin movie noun: A pornographic film.
186. skin name noun: The name of a skin group.
187. skin of the teeth noun: Nothing, or next to nothing; the least possible hold or advantage.
188. skin-on adjective: Prepared without removing the skin.
189. skin orgasm noun: Frisson; aesthetic chills; goosebumps resulting from artistic appreciation, especially of music.
190. skin-picking disorder noun: Synonym of dermatillomania.
191. skin-pop verb: Alternative form of skinpop.
192. skin signs noun: The observable color, temperature, and moisture of a patient's epidermis, a component of vital signs.
193. skin someone alive verb: To castigate someone severely.
194. skin tag noun: Synonym of acrochordon.
195. skin the cat verb: To perform a certain turning exercise while hanging from a bar or rings.
196. skin the lamb noun, verb: The game of lansquenet.
197. skin-tight adjective: Alternative spelling of skintight.
198. skin tone noun: The colour of a person's skin.
199. skin trade noun: The sex industry
200. skin up verb: To make a cannabis cigarette.
201. skin virgin noun: Someone who has not yet been tattooed.
202. skin-walker noun: Alternative form of skinwalker.
203. skin wool noun: Wool pulled from the skin of a dead sheep.
204. skin worm noun: A small worm or other parasite which infects the skin.
205. skinable adjective: Alternative spelling of skinnable.
206. skinball noun: An old gambling card game resembling faro.
207. skinbound adjective: Having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh, i.e. emaciated
208. skinbound disease noun: sclerema neonatorum
209. skinbow adjective: Of a zebrafish: having been genetically engineered to have a skin of many colours, to aid in the visualization of changes in its cells.
210. skinbyrd noun: Synonym of skingirl (“female skinhead”).
211. skincare noun /ˈskɪn.kɛə/: The care and treatment of the skin, especially of the face.
212. skinch interjection, noun, verb /ˈskɪntʃ/: To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
213. skinchy adjective /ˈskɪn.tʃi/: Being, or having the quality of, a skinch.
214. skindiver noun: Alternative form of skin-diver
215. skindiving noun: Alternative form of skin-diving
216. skinema noun /ˈskɪn.ə.mə/: Pornographic cinema.
217. Skinemax proper noun: Cinemax, an American pay television, cable, and satellite television network.
218. skinfeel noun: The way that something feels against the skin.
219. skinflick noun: Alternative form of skin flick.
220. skinflint noun /ˈskɪnflɪnt/: One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
221. skinflintiness noun: The quality of being a skinflint.
222. skinfluencer noun: A social media celebrity whose account focuses on skincare products.
223. skinfold noun: A double layer of skin and the underlying adipose tissue obtained by pinching the skin at an appropriate site; the thickness (measured using calipers) gives...
224. skinfolk noun: People who share the same skin color (race) with one another, especially when they are not otherwise closely associated or similar.
225. skinfood noun: Alternative form of skin food.
226. skinful noun /ˈskɪnfəl/: Enough to fill a skin.
227. skingirl noun: A female member of the skinhead subculture.
228. skinhead noun /ˈskɪn.hɛd/: Someone with a shaved head.
229. skinheaded adjective: Having the head shaved.
230. skinheadism noun: The practices or beliefs of skinheads.
231. skinheads on a raft noun: Beans on toast.
232. skinimalism noun: A skincare philosophy which emphasizes simplicity and only using products which are absolutely necessary.
233. skink noun, verb /skɪŋk/: A shin of beef.
234. skinker noun: One who serves liquor; a tapster.
235. skinless adjective: Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.
236. skinlessness noun: The state or condition of being skinless; absence of skin.
237. skinlike adjective: Resembling skin or some aspect of it.
238. skinmag noun: Alternative form of skin mag.
239. skinnable adjective: Having support for skins (user interface customizations).
240. skinned adjective, verb /skɪnd/: Having skin.
241. skinned over adjective, verb: Of a wound, covered by a fresh layer of skin.
242. skinner noun: Someone who skins animals.
243. Skinner box noun: A box or cage in which a subject (usually an animal) may be isolated from outside influences and studied; used in operant conditioning experiments where the...
244. Skinner's ground mantis noun: Litaneutria skinneri, a species of mantis found in the southeastern United States.
245. Skinnerian adjective, noun: A person who endorses the behavioristic tradition of B. F. Skinner, that is, psychology should study the conditions under which behavior occurs, and that...
246. Skinnerism noun: The techniques and theories of B. F. Skinner.
247. skinnerite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic silver gray mineral containing antimony, copper, and sulfur.
248. skinnery noun /ˈskɪnəɹi/: The workplace of a skinner.
249. skinnie noun: Alternative letter-case form of skinnie
250. skinnies noun: plural of skinny
251. skinnily adverb: In a skinny way.
252. skinnin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of skinning.
253. skinniness noun: The property of being skinny.
254. skinning adjective, noun, verb: exceptionally cold
255. skinny adjective, noun, verb /ˈskɪni/: Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
256. skinny as a rail adjective: Especially of a person, very skinny.
257. skinny dip noun, verb: Alternative form of skinny dip.
258. skinny dipper noun: Someone who swims naked; someone who skinny dips.
259. skinny dipping noun /ˈskɪni ˈdɪpɪŋ/: Swimming in the nude, as opposed to with a swimsuit.
260. skinny diving noun: Synonym of skinny dipping.
261. skinny down verb: To become or make (something) skinny or more lightweight.
262. skinny drink of water noun: A person with a thin, gangly build.
263. skinny fat adjective: Both sarcopenic and obese.
264. skinny jab noun: An injection of a drug (such as liraglutide or semaglutide) for the purpose of weight loss.
265. skinny jeans noun: A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.
266. skinny legend noun: A term of endearment, used especially of celebrities by fans.
267. skinny malink noun: Alternative form of skinnymalinks.
268. skinny-malinky noun: A very thin person.
269. skinny mirror noun: A slightly curved mirror, typically fitted in the fitting rooms of clothing shops, that shows the customer to be thinner than in reality.
270. skinny out verb: To remove clothes.
271. skinny pig noun: An almost hairless strain of guinea pig.
272. skinny shaming noun: Body shaming that targets a person for being thin.
273. skinny up verb: To become or make (something) skinny.
274. skinnydip verb: Alternative spelling of skinny dip.
275. skinnydipper noun: Alternative spelling of skinny dipper.
276. skinnyish adjective: Somewhat skinny.
277. skinnymalink noun: A skinny person.
278. skinnymalinks noun: A skinny person.
279. skinnyscraper noun: An extremely narrow skyscraper; a pencil tower.
280. skinoe noun /ˈskiˌnuː/: A small boat that is a cross between a jetski and a canoe.
281. skinpop verb: To inject drugs subcutaneously.
282. skins noun, verb /skɪnz/: plural of skin
283. skinship noun /ˈskɪnʃɪp/: Bonding through physical (touch, skin-to-skin) contact; particularly between family members, relatives and loved ones.
284. skinsuit noun /ˈskɪnˌsuːt/: A skin-tight garment covering the torso or the whole of the body.
285. skinsuited adjective: Wearing a skinsuit.
286. skint adjective /skɪnt/: Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke.
287. skintag noun: Alternative form of skin tag.
288. skintern noun: A female intern who wears very revealing clothing in an office setting where more conservative attire is the norm.
289. skintight adjective /ˈskɪnˌtaɪt/: Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.
290. skintights noun: Skintight clothing.
291. skintness noun: The quality of being skint (i.e., without money, penniless, poor, impecunious, broke).
292. skintone noun: Alternative form of skin tone.
293. skinwalk verb: To engage in skinwalking.
294. skinwalker noun: A person, in certain Native American mythologies, who can transform into any animal when wearing its pelt.
295. skinwalking noun: In certain Native American mythologies, the ability to transform into any animal when wearing its pelt.
296. skio noun: Alternative form of skeo.
297. skiophyte noun /ˈsʌɪə(ʊ)fʌɪt/: Alternative form of sciophyte.
298. skioring noun: Alternative form of skijoring.
299. skip noun, verb /skɪp/: To move by hopping on alternate feet.
300. skip a beat verb: To miss a beat.

Part 105 · Part 107 · English words: S

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under S: 73,223 words, in 245 parts.