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Exodejavu Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

The CD keeps "skipping."

The CD keeps skipping.

- Is [skip] of this sense commonly used in American English? I take physical possession of six monolingual dictionaries for learners, but I can find this use only in one published by Merriam-Webster, which is an American publisher. IMHO, if it was commonly used, all the six dictionaries for learners should include it. [:^)]

- So, are there other words in American English for [skip] of this sense?

- What is/are the British term(s) for [skip] of this sense?


Sincerely,
Emotion: smile
  

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In the sense than the cd is damaged, and can't play a song straight through, "skip" is the common AmE word for it.

— Vorpar

  • In the sense than the cd is damaged, and can't play a song straight through, "skip" is the common AmE word for it.
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In the sense than the cd is damaged, and can't play a song straight through, "skip" is the common AmE word for it.
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exodejavuThe CD keeps skipping.

- Is [skip] of this sense commonly used in American English?
Yes, indeed, quite commonly. This just happened to me yesterday, in fact. The CD kept skipping. Don't you hate it when that happens?
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exodejavu IMHO, if it was commonly used, all the six dictionaries for learners should include it.
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First of all, thanks for your contributions!

So ... British English speakers also use "skip"?

All of the six dictionaries for learners of which I take physical possession were published after the year 2004. It just so happened that all the five of them (Longman, Macmillan, Oxford, Cambridge, and Collins Cobuild) published by British publishers do not include this use of "skip" w
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exodejavuFirst of all, thanks for your contributions!

So ... British English speakers also use "skip"?

All of the six dictionaries for learners of which I take physical possession were published after the year 2004. It just so happened that all the five of them (Longman, Macmillan, Oxford, Cambridge, and Collins Cobuild) published by British publishers d
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