skip

Definitions

1. 1.A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
2. 2.(Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
3. 3.(Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
4. 4.A beehive; a skep.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
7. 7.To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
10. 10.A light leap or bound.
11. 11.The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
12. 12.(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. (Zoöl.) See Bluefish, 1.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.] called?
• What is the act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part called?
• What is 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 called?