SKIP

A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

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. 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.

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. They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. Bp. Burnet.

To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]

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. Busby. Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] Swift. -- Skip mackerel. (Zoöl.) See Bluefish, 1.