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Definition of Skip

1. Verb. Bypass. "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"

2. Noun. A gait in which steps and hops alternate.

3. Verb. Intentionally fail to attend. "Cut class"

4. Noun. A mistake resulting from neglect.

5. Verb. Jump lightly.

6. Verb. Leave suddenly. "Skip town"

7. Verb. Bound off one point after another.

8. Verb. Cause to skip over a surface. "Skip a stone across the pond"

Definition of Skip

1. n. A basket. See Skep.

2. v. i. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

3. v. t. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

4. n. A light leap or bound.

Definition of Skip

1. Verb. (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To leap about lightly. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). ¹

6. Verb. To place an item in a skip. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting). ¹

8. Verb. (transitive informal) To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country. ¹

9. Verb. To jump rope. ¹

10. Noun. A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. ¹

11. Noun. (Australia NZ British) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents. See also skep. ¹

12. Noun. (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. ¹

13. Noun. Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority. ¹

14. Noun. (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. ¹

15. Noun. (Australia) (slang) An Australian person of Anglo-Celtic descent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skip

1. to move with light springing steps [v SKIPPED, SKIPPING, SKIPS]

Medical Definition of Skip

1. 1. A basket. See Skep. 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. 3. An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. 4. A charge of sirup in the pans. 5. A beehive; a skep. See: Skep. 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. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. Skip mackerel. See Bluefish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skip

skinship skinsuit skinsuits skint skinter skintest skintight skinwalker skinwalkers skio

skiophyte skiophytes skioring skiorings skios skip (current term) skip-bomb skip a beat skip a generation skip areas

skip car skip cars skip distance skip hoist skip hoists skip out skip over skip rope skip town skip tracer

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