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Definition of Skip

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

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

3. Noun. A mistake resulting from neglect.

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

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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