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Definition of Skip
| n. | 1. | A basket. See Skep. | | 2. | A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories. | | 3. | (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock. | | 4. | (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans. | | 5. | A beehive; a skep. | | v. i. | 1. | To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; - commonly implying a sportive spirit. | | 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. | | 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. | | 3. | To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. | | 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.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. |
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