The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skip \Skip\, n. [See Skep.]
   1. A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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   2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
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   3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for
      hoisting mineral and rock.
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   4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
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   5. A beehive; a skep.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skip \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. 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.
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            The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
            Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope.
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            So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and
            frisking fantastically.               --Hawthorne.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skip \Skip\, v. t.
   1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
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   2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as,
      to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
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            They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these
            two chapters.                         --Bp. Burnet.
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   3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Skip \Skip\, n.
   1. A light leap or bound.
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   2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to
      another; an omission of a part.
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   3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a
      degree at once. --Busby.
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   Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift.

   Skip mackerel. (Zool.) See Bluefish, 1.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

skip
    n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate
    2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission, skip]
    v 1: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
         was incomprehensible" [syn: jump, pass over, skip,
         skip over]
    2: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: cut,
       skip]
    3: jump lightly [syn: hop, skip, hop-skip]
    4: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
       [syn: decamp, skip, vamoose]
    5: bound off one point after another [syn: skip, bound off]
    6: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
       [syn: skim, skip, skitter]