Definition of Skip

Skip

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.
6. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
7. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
8. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
9. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
10. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
11. A light leap or bound.
12. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
13. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.