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11Skip — 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.… …
12Skip — Skip, n. 1. A light leap or bound. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. Busby. [1913… …
13skip — vb Skip, bound, hop, curvet, lope, lollop, ricochet can all mean to move or advance with successive springs or leaps .The first three words are commonly referable to persons or animals but they may be used in reference to inanimate things. Skip… …
14skip — (v.) c.1300, to spring lightly, also to jump over, probably from O.N. skopa to skip, run, from P.Gmc. *skupanan (Cf. M.Swed. skuppa, dialectal Swed. skopa to skip, leap ). Meaning omit intervening parts first recorded late 14c. Meaning fail to… …
15Skip — Skip, n. [See {Skep}.] 1. A basket. See {Skep}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] 2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.… …
16skip — UK US /skɪp/ noun [C] UK (US Dumpster) TRANSPORT ► a large metal container used for getting rid of rubbish, old building materials, etc. Skips are removed using a truck: »Most of the waste was thrown into a skip …
17skip — [v1] bounce or jump over bob, bolt, bound, buck, canter, caper, carom, cavort, dance, flee, flit, fly, frisk, gambol, glance, graze, hippety hop*, hop, leap, lope, make off, prance, ricochet, run, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skim, skirr, skitter …
18skip — Ⅰ. skip [1] ► VERB (skipped, skipping) 1) move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce. 2) jump repeatedly over a rope which is held at both ends and turned over the head and under the feet. 3) jump lightly over.… …
19skip it! — (informal) Never mind, forget it! • • • Main Entry: ↑skip …
20skip — index ignore, neglect, omit, pretermit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
