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Definition of skip

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Skip Skip, v. t. 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. --Bp. Burnet. 3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
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Skip Skip, n. 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. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. --Busby. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift. Skip mackerel. (Zo["o]l.) See Bluefish, 1.
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Skip Skip, n. [See Skep.] 1. A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] 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 Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans. 5. A beehive; a skep.
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Skip Skip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. 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? --Pope. So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne. 2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
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Hop Hop, n. 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. 2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.

Meaning of skip from wikipedia

- Look up skip, skips, skipped, or skipping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skip or Skips may refer to: SKIP (Skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol...
- Look up skipping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skipping may refer to: Skipping (gait), a rhythmic form of locomotion combining stepping and hopping...
- Skip Bayless (born John Edward Bayless II; born December 4, 1951) is an American sports columnist, commentator, and television personality. He is well-known...
- Skip-It is a children's toy introduced in 1960s, the most po****r variants of which were manufactured by Tiger Electronics in the 1980s and 1990s. The...
- SKIP is an acronym for Skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol phosphatase, which is a human gene. This gene encodes a protein with 5-phosphatase...
- A skip (British English, Australian English, Hiberno-English and New Zealand English), or skip bin, is a large open-topped waste container designed for...
- melody. Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, Skip, skip, skip to my Lou, Skip to my Lou, my darlin'. (Changing verse here) (3x) Skip to...
- Skip-Bo is a commercial version of the card game Spite and Malice, a derivative of Russian Bank (also known as ****ette or Tunj), which in turn originates...
- In computer science, a skip list (or skiplist) is a probabilistic data structure that allows O ( log ⁡ n ) {\displaystyle O(\log n)} average complexity...
- Skip is a nickname (for example, when a name has skipped a generation)[citation needed], or a short form of the given name Skipper. Notable people with...