Category:Skip

Skip, n. Etym: [see skep.]

1. A basket. See skep. [obs. or prov. Eng. & scot.]

2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

3. (mining)

Defn: an iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting Mineral and rock.

4. (sugar manuf.)

Defn: a charge of sirup in the pans.

5. A beehive; a skep.

Skip Skip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.] Etym: [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.

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.]

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.)

Defn: 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. (zoöl.) See bluefish, 1.