SKIP

Definitions for the word, skip

(n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

(n.) A basket. See Skep.

(n.) A beehive; a skep.

(n.) A charge of sirup in the pans.

(n.) A light leap or bound.

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

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

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

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

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

(v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.

(v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.

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