SKIP

omission, skip

(noun) a mistake resulting from neglect

skip

(noun) a gait in which steps and hops alternate

jump, pass over, skip, skip over

(verb) bypass; “He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”

skim, skip, skitter

(verb) cause to skip over a surface; “Skip a stone across the pond”

skip, bound off

(verb) bound off one point after another

hop, skip, hop-skip

(verb) jump lightly

decamp, skip, vamoose

(verb) leave suddenly; “She persuaded him to decamp”; “skip town”

cut, skip

(verb) intentionally fail to attend; “cut class”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Skip

A male given name from Old Norse.

Anagrams

• KPIs, kips

Etymology 1

Verb

skip (third-person singular simple present skips, present participle skipping, simple past and past participle skipped)

(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.

(intransitive) To leap about lightly.

(intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

(transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

(transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).

To place an item in a skip.

(transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).

(transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.

To leap lightly over.

To jump rope.

(knitting, crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

Synonyms

• (informal, not to attend): (US) play hookie

Noun

skip (plural skips)

A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

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

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

A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

(radio) skywave propagation

Etymology 2

From Old Norse skeppa, 'basket'.

Noun

skip (plural skips)

(Australia, New Zealand, British) A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).

(mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

(UK, Scotland, dialect) A skep, or basket.

A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.

(sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.

A beehive.

Synonyms

• (open-topped rubbish bin): dumpster (Canada)

Etymology 3

From English skillper, from Dutch schipper "captain", earlier "seaman", equivalent to schip, "ship" + -er.

Noun

skip (plural skips)

Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.

(specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.

(curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

(bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.

(scouting, informal) The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him.

Etymology 4

A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. Ultimately from etymology 1 (above).

Noun

skip (plural skips)

(Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

Etymology 5

Noun

skip (plural skips)

(college slang) A college servant.

Anagrams

• KPIs, kips

Source: Wiktionary


Skip, n. Etym: [See Skep.]

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

2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

3. (Mining)

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

4. (Sugar Manuf.)

Definition: A charge of sirup in the pans.

5. A beehive; a skep.

Skip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.] Etym: [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. 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.

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.

Skip, v. t.

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

2. 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.

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

Skip, n.

1. A light leap or bound.

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

3. (Mus.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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