skip

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: omissionjumppass overskip overcuthophop-skipdecampvamoosebound offskimskitter

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a gait in which steps and hops alternate
  2. a mistake resulting from neglectSynonyms: omission

Verb (6)

  1. bypass“He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible”Synonyms: jumppass overskip over
  2. intentionally fail to attend“cut class”Synonyms: cut
  3. jump lightlySynonyms: hophop-skip
  4. leave suddenly“She persuaded him to decamp”“skip town”Synonyms: decampvamoose
  5. bound off one point after anotherSynonyms: bound off
  6. cause to skip over a surface“Skip a stone across the pond”Synonyms: skimskitter
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Skip \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. [1913 Webster]

4.(Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans. [1913 Webster]

5.A beehive; a skep. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?— Pope.[1913 Webster]
So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Skip \Skip\, v. t.

1.To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. [1913 Webster]

2.To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. [1913 Webster]

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters.— Bp. Burnet.[1913 Webster]

3.To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Skip \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 Webster]

Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift.

Skip mackerel. (Zool.) See Bluefish, 1. [1913 Webster]

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