Skip
Skip , noun
[See Skep.]
1.
A basket. See Skep. [Obsolete or Provincial English & Scottish]
2.
A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
3.
(Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
4.
(Sugar Manufacturing) A charge of sirup in the pans.
5.
A beehive; a skep.
Skip , intransitive verb
[Old English skippen, of uncertain origin; compare Icelandic skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Swedish skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, Welsh ysgipio to snatch.]
1.
To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?
So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.
2.
Figuratively: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
Skip , transitive verb
1.
To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
2.
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.
3.
To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloquial]
Skip , noun
1.
A light leap or bound.
2.
The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
3.
(Music) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. — Busby
Collocations (2)
Skip kennel , a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] — Swift