Skip /(?)/

1. A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
3. An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. (Mining)
4. A charge of sirup in the pans. (Sugar Manuf.)
5. A beehive; a skep.

imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping

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?

   So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.

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.

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.

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

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