Hypertext Webster Gateway: "skip"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skip \Skip\, 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.
They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these
two chapters. --Bp. Burnet.
3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skip \Skip\, 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. --Busby.
{Skip kennel}, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift.
{Skip mackerel}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Bluefish}, 1.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Skip \Skip\, n. [See {Skep}.]
1. A basket. See {Skep}. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy
reason, would he skip and play? --Pope.
So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and
frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hop \Hop\, n.
1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a
jump; a spring.
2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]
{Hop}, {skip} (or {step}), {and jump}, a game or athletic
sport in which the participants cover as much ground as
possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
skip
n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate
2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: {omission}]
v 1: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
was incomprehensible" [syn: {jump}, {pass over}, {skip
over}]
2: intentionally fail to attend: "cut class" [syn: {cut}]
3: jump lightly [syn: {hop}, {hop-skip}]
4: leave suddenly (very informal usage); "She persuaded him to
decamp"; "skip town" [syn: {decamp}, {vamoose}]
5: bound off one point after another [syn: {bound off}]
6: cause to skip over a surface: "Skip a stone across the pond"
[syn: {skim}, {skitter}]
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