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Definition of Skip

Skip

A basket. See Skep.

A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

A charge of sirup in the pans.

A beehive; a skep.

To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.

To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.

To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.

A light leap or bound.

The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

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Skip Quotations

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
Leo Buscaglia

It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
Rainer Maria Rilke

Drink the first. Sip the second slowly. Skip the third.
Knute Rockne

In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year.
Larry David

So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'
Tim Vine

So I rang up a local building firm, I said 'I want a skip outside my house.' He said 'I'm not stopping you.'
Tommy Cooper

If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know i'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping.
Hulk Hogan

You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else.
John Irving

I skip through the programming to watch the commercials.
Mel Karmazin

If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it.
Lorrie Fair

Skip Translations

skip in Italian is saltellare, lancio
skip in Spanish is brincar, brinco, saltarse, brincar
skip in Swedish is hoppa

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