Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
=====
In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
=====

What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?

And another one, from myself:
How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
Is it the same?

Jan
(not cartwheeling)

On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:

> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> =====
> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> =====
>
> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?

Leaping up and down, like a child playing.

> Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?
>
> And another one, from myself:
> How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
> Is it the same?
>
> Jan
> (not cartwheeling)

--
Athel -- French and British, living mainly in England until 1987.

On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>
>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>> =====
>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>> =====
>>
>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>
> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.

Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)

--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

On 11/02/2022 10:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> =====
> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> =====
>
> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?

"Jumped around"

> Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?
>
> And another one, from myself:
> How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
> Is it the same?

To skip something could mean to forgo the opportunity ("I skipped the
Maths lesson yesterday to go to the museum").

However the light fandango (dance?) suggests 'danced lightly"

>
> Jan
> (not cartwheeling)
>
>
>
>

On 11/02/2022 10:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>
>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>> =====
>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>> =====
>>>
>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>
>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>
> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>

That's 'skip' as in "...hop, skip and jump". However you can also
"skip rope" (as boxers do in training).

On 11/02/2022 9:52 am, occam wrote:
> On 11/02/2022 10:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>>
>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>> =====
>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>> =====
>>>>
>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>
>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>
>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
>> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
>> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>>
>
>
> That's 'skip' as in "...hop, skip and jump". However you can also
> "skip rope" (as boxers do in training).

Probably not much skipping rope at Woodstock.

Maybe some, I'll grant you.

But bare-breasted? Sounds unlikely. And uncomfortable.

--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

On 2022-02-11 09:48:12 +0000, Richard Heathfield said:

> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>
>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>> =====
>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>> =====
>>>
>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>
>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>
> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
> with the same foot before swapping feet.

OK, but I'm not sure that that's what the young women at Woodstock were
doing. (No, I wasn't there.)

> (Yes, I know it sounds ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum,
> and if there's one thing a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's
> momentum.)

--
Athel -- French and British, living mainly in England until 1987.

On 11/02/2022 10:44 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2022-02-11 09:48:12 +0000, Richard Heathfield said:
>
>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>>
>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>> =====
>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower
>>>> children
>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>> =====
>>>>
>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>
>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>
>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>> with the same foot before swapping feet.
>
> OK, but I'm not sure that that's what the young women at Woodstock were
> doing.

OK, but I'd be very surprised if it weren't.

> (No, I wasn't there.)

Neither was I, but it fits in with the spirit of Woodstock as it has
been remembered in popular culture. Skipping is a carefree, uninhibited
gait, and it seems to come naturally to the carefree and uninhibited in
carefree, uninhibited environments such as parks, beaches, or... well...
Woodstock.

--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

On 11/02/2022 10:58, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 11/02/2022 9:52 am, occam wrote:
>> On 11/02/2022 10:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>>>
>>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>>> =====
>>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower
>>>>> children
>>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>>> =====
>>>>>
>>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>>
>>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>>
>>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>>> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
>>> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
>>> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>>>
>>
>>
>> That's 'skip' as in  "...hop, skip and jump".  However you can also
>> "skip rope" (as boxers do in training).
>
> Probably not much skipping rope at Woodstock.
>
> Maybe some, I'll grant you.
>
> But bare-breasted? Sounds unlikely. And uncomfortable.

Have you heard of nudist volleyball? Available at most reputable nudist
camps. Yes, bare-breasted. Yes, perhaps uncomfortable. But not unlikely.

The term I would use for Woodstock attendees would have been
'frolicking' rather than 'skipping'.
>

occam <nobody@nowhere.nix> wrote:

> On 11/02/2022 10:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> > On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> >> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
> >>
> >>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> >>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> >>> =====
> >>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> >>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> >>> =====
> >>>
> >>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
> >>
> >> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
> >
> > Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
> > children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
> > with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
> > ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
> > a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)

OK, so that's it, thanks.

> That's 'skip' as in "...hop, skip and jump". However you can also
> "skip rope" (as boxers do in training).

Ah yes, that rings a bell.
There is 'double bounce' or 'slow' rope skipping.
(two jumps for one passage of the rope, the second possibly smaller)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_vP1nYqPo>

There is also the opposite, passing the rope twice for one jump,
but I don't know what that is called.
It is a vigorous excercise, beyond me.

There are rope jump songs for that,
also for one in four jumps being double,

Jan

Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> wrote:

> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>
> > Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> > woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> > =====
> > In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> > who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> > =====
> >
> > What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>
> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.

So she was a happy hippy.
Perhaps jumping to the beat,
three small hops and one big one, for 4/4,
or alternating small and big,

Jan

occam <nobody@nowhere.nix> wrote:

> On 11/02/2022 10:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> > Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> > woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> > =====
> > In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> > who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> > =====
> >
> > What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>
> "Jumped around"
>
> > Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?
> >
> > And another one, from myself:
> > How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
> > Is it the same?
>
> To skip something could mean to forgo the opportunity ("I skipped the
> Maths lesson yesterday to go to the museum").
>
> However the light fandango (dance?) suggests 'danced lightly"

Sorry, should have given more context,

Jan

--
We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
The crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly
Turned a whiter shade of pale

On 2022-02-11 11:10:45 +0000, Richard Heathfield said:

> On 11/02/2022 10:44 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>> On 2022-02-11 09:48:12 +0000, Richard Heathfield said:
>>
>>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>>>
>>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>>> =====
>>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>>> =====
>>>>>
>>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>>
>>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>>
>>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>>> with the same foot before swapping feet.
>>
>> OK, but I'm not sure that that's what the young women at Woodstock were doing.
>
> OK, but I'd be very surprised if it weren't.
>
>> (No, I wasn't there.)
>
> Neither was I, but it fits in with the spirit of Woodstock as it has
> been remembered in popular culture. Skipping is a carefree, uninhibited
> gait, and it seems to come naturally to the carefree and uninhibited in
> carefree, uninhibited environments such as parks, beaches, or...
> well... Woodstock.

Woodstock was a bit far away for me, but Altamont was within reach.
It's more or less close to Tracy, where one of my daughters lives. I
didn't go there in 1969, however, so I missed all the violence.

--
Athel -- French and British, living mainly in England until 1987.

In article <1pn7j83.2hmgd1156sbhtN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl>, nospam@de-
ster.demon.nl says...
>
> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> =====
> In her day, she had been very pretty, too ? one of those flower children
> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> =====
>
> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
> Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?

No, skipped meaning gambolled, cavorted, capered, danced.
>
> And another one, from myself:
> How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
> Is it the same?

See above.

Janet

On 11/02/2022 11:49 am, occam wrote:
> On 11/02/2022 10:58, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 11/02/2022 9:52 am, occam wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2022 10:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>>>> =====
>>>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower
>>>>>> children
>>>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>>>
>>>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>>>
>>>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>>>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>>>> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
>>>> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
>>>> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That's 'skip' as in  "...hop, skip and jump".  However you can also
>>> "skip rope" (as boxers do in training).
>>
>> Probably not much skipping rope at Woodstock.
>>
>> Maybe some, I'll grant you.
>>
>> But bare-breasted? Sounds unlikely. And uncomfortable.
>
> Have you heard of nudist volleyball? Available at most reputable nudist
> camps. Yes, bare-breasted. Yes, perhaps uncomfortable. But not unlikely.

Such places are not my cup of tea. I grant the point, of course, but
although I would estimate that unbound rope-skipping would be far more
painful than unbound volleyball, I suspect that a vicarious discussion
of the relative levels of discomfort produced by assorted variations of
feminine bouncing au naturelle is unlikely to be productive.

> The term I would use for Woodstock attendees would have been
> 'frolicking' rather than 'skipping'.

Unless, of course, you were specifically referring to the skipping gait,
in which case might you not risk a "skipping"? Do you think that might
be why the original author selected the word "skipped" in the book
mentioned above? I mean /maybe/?

--
Richard Heathfield
Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
"Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
Sig line 4 vacant - apply within

On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 4:48:18 AM UTC-5, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> > On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:

> >> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> >> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> >> =====
> >> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> >> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> >> =====
> >> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
> > Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>
> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)

RH has it right.

Athel, occam, and Janet all have it wrong.

On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 5:42:00 AM UTC-7, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> occam <nob...@nowhere.nix> wrote:
>
> > On 11/02/2022 10:29, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> > > Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> > > woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> > > =====
> > > In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> > > who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> > > =====
> > >
> > > What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
> >
> > "Jumped around"
> >
> > > Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?
> > >
> > > And another one, from myself:
> > > How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
> > > Is it the same?
> >
> > To skip something could mean to forgo the opportunity ("I skipped the
> > Maths lesson yesterday to go to the museum").
> >
> > However the light fandango (dance?) suggests 'danced lightly"

> Sorry, should have given more context,

I recognized it at least.

> Jan
>
> --
> We skipped the light fandango
> Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor
> I was feeling kinda seasick
> The crowd called out for more
> The room was humming harder
> As the ceiling flew away
> When we called out for another drink
> The waiter brought a tray
> And so it was that later
> As the miller told his tale
> That her face, at first just ghostly
> Turned a whiter shade of pale

An alteration of "tripped the light fantastic", meaning "danced",
from Milton's poem "L'Allegro":

Come, and trip it as ye go
On the light fantastick toe.

It means just as much as the rest of the lyrics. I like the song,
but that line does to Milton what the music does to Bach.

Fighting STS with STS: Some posters here may at some time have
tripped the light fantastic on the sidewalks of New York.

--
Jerry Friedman

* Peter T. Daniels:

> On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 4:48:18 AM UTC-5, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>
>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>> =====
>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>> =====
>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>
>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
>> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
>> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>
> RH has it right.

It's what I thought, too, but isn't it unusual to appear so nakedly, no
pun intended? I'd expect "skipped around", "skipped in the mud" or
something like that.

It's different when the activity is one that's scheduled at the event:
"She ran at the Tokyo Olympics", but if Woodstock held skipping
competitions, that's news to me.

--
Jesus is like Elvis - I love the guy, but the fan club scares me.
-- John Fugelsang

On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 10:31:49 AM UTC-5, Quinn C wrote:
> * Peter T. Daniels:
> > On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 4:48:18 AM UTC-5, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> >> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> >>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:

> >>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
> >>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
> >>>> =====
> >>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
> >>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
> >>>> =====
> >>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
> >>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
> >> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
> >> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
> >> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
> >> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
> >> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
> >
> > RH has it right.
>
> It's what I thought, too, but isn't it unusual to appear so nakedly, no
> pun intended? I'd expect "skipped around", "skipped in the mud" or

I don't see how. "Skip" really doesn't have those generalized Brit
meanings without the extra words.

> It's different when the activity is one that's scheduled at the event:
> "She ran at the Tokyo Olympics", but if Woodstock held skipping
> competitions, that's news to me.

"She ran at her attacker and intimidated him into fleeing."

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:29:00 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:

>Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>=====
>In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>=====
>
>What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?
>
>And another one, from myself:
>How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
>Is it the same?

Moving right along with racial stereotyping, I have noticed that
Blacks seem to be portrayed in commercials as silly people. Same with
"men" in general, but on a lesser scale.

Check out Skippy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tbCBlNSLw

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:31:41 -0500, Quinn C
<lispamateur@crommatograph.info> wrote:

>* Peter T. Daniels:
>
>> On Friday, February 11, 2022 at 4:48:18 AM UTC-5, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>
>>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>>> =====
>>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>>> =====
>>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>>
>>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>>> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
>>> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
>>> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>>
>> RH has it right.
>
>It's what I thought, too, but isn't it unusual to appear so nakedly, no
>pun intended? I'd expect "skipped around", "skipped in the mud" or
>something like that.
>
It's imagery in description and, as such, need not be further
delineated. It's sufficient as written to present the intended image.

>It's different when the activity is one that's scheduled at the event:
>"She ran at the Tokyo Olympics", but if Woodstock held skipping
>competitions, that's news to me.
--

Tony Cooper Orlando Florida

On 09:37 11 Feb 2022, Athel Cornish-Bowden said:

> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>
>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'. ===== In her day, she
>> had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children who had
>> skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock. =====
>>
>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>
> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.

The way I tend to see it, skipping with a rope involves repeated
leaping up and down done rapidly.

Whereas without a rope, I see skipping is a few steps of hopping while
walking.

That's only a personal impression based on usage I've encountered.

On 11-Feb-22 12:41, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> occam <nobody@nowhere.nix> wrote:
>
>> On 11/02/2022 10:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>>>
>>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>>> =====
>>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>>> =====
>>>>>
>>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>>
>>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>>
>>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>>> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
>>> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
>>> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>
> OK, so that's it, thanks.
>
>> That's 'skip' as in "...hop, skip and jump". However you can also
>> "skip rope" (as boxers do in training).
>
> Ah yes, that rings a bell.
> There is 'double bounce' or 'slow' rope skipping.
> (two jumps for one passage of the rope, the second possibly smaller)
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_vP1nYqPo>
>
> There is also the opposite, passing the rope twice for one jump,
> but I don't know what that is called.
> It is a vigorous excercise, beyond me.
>
> There are rope jump songs for that,
> also for one in four jumps being double,
>

In the context of your original post I would describe it as:

"a light step, close to (but not quite) dancing"

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Sam Plusnet

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:47:06 +0000, Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> wrote:

>On 11-Feb-22 12:41, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> occam <nobody@nowhere.nix> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/02/2022 10:48, Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>>> On 11/02/2022 9:37 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>>>> On 2022-02-11 09:29:00 +0000, J. J. Lodder said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>>>>>> woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>>>>>> =====
>>>>>> In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>>>>>> who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>>>>>> =====
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>>>>>
>>>>> Leaping up and down, like a child playing.
>>>>
>>>> Well, "skipping" is a specific gait, common in but not limited to
>>>> children, in which one bounces each step to take a second short step
>>>> with the same foot before swapping feet. (Yes, I know it sounds
>>>> ridiculous, but it works if you have momentum, and if there's one thing
>>>> a typical five-year-old has in abundance, it's momentum.)
>>
>> OK, so that's it, thanks.
>>
>>> That's 'skip' as in "...hop, skip and jump". However you can also
>>> "skip rope" (as boxers do in training).
>>
>> Ah yes, that rings a bell.
>> There is 'double bounce' or 'slow' rope skipping.
>> (two jumps for one passage of the rope, the second possibly smaller)
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_vP1nYqPo>
>>
>> There is also the opposite, passing the rope twice for one jump,
>> but I don't know what that is called.
>> It is a vigorous excercise, beyond me.
>>
>> There are rope jump songs for that,
>> also for one in four jumps being double,

"Double Dutch" rope skipping is using two ropes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhhAkXF0aXM

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Tony Cooper Orlando Florida

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:29:00 +0100, nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder) wrote:
>Question from a friend, about a sentence from a book, about an older
>woman, described as 'an unreedeemed hippy'.
>=====
>In her day, she had been very pretty, too – one of those flower children
>who had skipped bare-breasted at Woodstock.
>=====
>
>What does 'skipped' mean, in this context?
>Is it just the ordinary meaning of passing over?
>
>And another one, from myself:
>How to interpret 'We skipped the light fandango'
>Is it the same?
>
>Jan
>(not cartwheeling)

Skpping gait:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoz2m7gvroo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfmOhx1VxcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucvifij6ZHA

Skipped the light fandango:
https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/33486/meaning-of-we-skipped-the-light-fandango#39017
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Jack