verb

1. To pass over or by.

2. To omit, miss or overlook by chance.

3. To miss intentionally; to avoid.

Synonyms: avoid, refuse, shirk, shun, baffle, foil, frustrate, thwart

verb

1. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

noun

1. A frustration or disappointment; a check.