Skip

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skip \Skip\, v. t.
     1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
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     2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as,
        to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.


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              They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these
              two chapters.                         --Bp. Burnet.
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     3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skip \Skip\, n. [See {Skep}.]
     1. A basket. See {Skep}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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     2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
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     3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for
        hoisting mineral and rock.
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     4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
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     5. A beehive; a skep.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skip \Skip\, n.
     1. A light leap or bound.
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     2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to
        another; an omission of a part.
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     3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a
        degree at once. --Busby.
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     {Skip kennel}, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift.
  
     {Skip mackerel}. (Zool.) See {Bluefish}, 1.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Skipping}.] [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.
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              The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
              Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope.
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              So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and
              frisking fantastically.               --Hawthorne.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skip
       n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate
       2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: {omission}]
       v 1: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
            was incomprehensible" [syn: {jump}, {pass over}, {skip
            over}]
       2: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: {cut}]
       3: jump lightly [syn: {hop}, {hop-skip}]
       4: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
          [syn: {decamp}, {vamoose}]
       5: bound off one point after another [syn: {bound off}]
       6: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
          [syn: {skim}, {skitter}]
       [also: {skipping}, {skipped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  280 Moby Thesaurus words for "skip":
     Highland fling, abandon, abscond, absquatulate, amble, and jump,
     antic, avoid, avoidance, bail out, barge, beam, beat a retreat,
     blank, bob, bolt, bounce, bound, bowl along, break away,
     break jail, break loose, broad jump, buck, buckjump, bundle, caper,
     capriole, caracole, carol, carom, carry on, cavort, chasm, chirp,
     chirrup, clap hands, clear, clear out, clog, clop, clump, curvet,
     cut, cut a dido, cut and run, cut capers, cut loose, cut up, dance,
     dap, decamp, delight, demivolt, depart, desert, disport, disregard,
     dog it, drag, elope, escape, escape prison, evade, exult, flee,
     flounce, fly, fly the coop, flying jump, fool around, foot,
     footfall, footslog, footstep, fox-trot, frisk, frolic, fugitate,
     galliard, gambado, gambol, gap, gelandesprung, get away,
     get clear of, get free, get out, get out of, glory, glow, go AWOL,
     go awol, goldbrick, goof off, grand jete, graze, halt, handspring,
     high jump, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hoof, hoofbeat, hop,
     horse around, hurdle, ignore, jete, jig, jog, jolt, joy, jubilate,
     jump, jump about, jump bail, jump over, jump ship, jump shot,
     jump turn, jump-hop, jump-off, lacuna, lam, laugh, lavolta, leap,
     leap over, leapfrog, leave, leave loose ends, leave out,
     leave undone, let alone, let be, let dangle, let go, levant, lilt,
     limp, long jump, lope, lumber, lunge, lurch, make a getaway,
     make off, malinger, mince, miss, morris, negotiate, omission, omit,
     overjump, overleap, overlook, oversight, overskip, pace, paddle,
     pass by, pass over, pass up, peg, piaffe, piaffer, play,
     play hooky, play truant, plod, pole vault, pounce, pounce on,
     pounce upon, powder, prance, preterition, pretermit, procrastinate,
     rack, radiate cheer, ramp, rejoice, revel, ricochet, roll, rollick,
     romp, run, run away, run away from, run away with, run for it,
     run off, running broad jump, running high jump, sashay, saunter,
     saut de basque, scamper, scoot, screw, scuff, scuffle, scuttle,
     shake, shamble, shimmy, shirk, show the heels, shuffle, sidle,
     sing, single-foot, skedaddle, ski jump, skim, skip for joy,
     skip out, skitter, slack, slink, slip the cable, slip the collar,
     slither, slog, slouch, smile, sparkle, split, sport, spring,
     stagger, stalk, stamp, start, start aside, start up, steeplechase,
     steer clear of, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll,
     strut, stump, swagger, swing, take French leave, take a powder,
     take flight, take off, take to flight, take wing, tap-dance,
     tittup, toddle, totter, tour jete, traipse, tread, trifle, trip,
     trudge, turn tail, updive, upleap, upspring, vault, waddle, waltz,
     wamble, whistle, wiggle, wobble
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SKIP
       Simple Key-management for Internet Protocols (Internet, cryptography,
       Sun)