What is "skip"

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.]

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.

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.

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.

c.1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skopa "to take a run," Middle Swedish skuppa "to skip, leap," from Proto-Germanic *skupan (cognates: Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Related: Skipped; skipping.\n

\nMeaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. Meaning "to cause to skip or bound" is from 1680s. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.

short for skipper (n.1), 1830, originally in sports jargon (curling).

"a spring, a bound," early 15c., from skip (v.). Meaning "a passing over or disregarding" is from 1650s.

Etymology 1 n. 1 A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. 2 The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 3 (context music English) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. 4 A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. 5 (context radio English) skywave propagation vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To move by hopping on alternate feet. 2 (context intransitive English) To leap about lightly. Etymology 2

n. 1 (context Australia New Zealand British English) A large open-topped rubbish bin, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents. (qualifier: See also ''skep''.) 2 (context mining English) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. 3 (context UK Scotland dialect English) A skep, or basket. 4 A wheeled basket used in cotton factory. 5 (context sugar manufacture English) A charge of syrup in the pans. 6 A beehive. Etymology 3

n. 1 Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority. 2 (context curling English) The player who call the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. Etymology 4

alt. (context Australia slang English) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. n. (context Australia slang English) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

1. n. a gait in which steps and hops alternate

2. a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission]

3. [also: skipping, skipped]

1. v. 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; "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]

7. [also: skipping, skipped]

SKIP is an acronym for Skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol phosphatase, which is a human gene.

A skip occurs when a phonograph (gramophone), cassette tape or Compact Disc player malfunctions or is disturbed so as to play incorrectly, causing a break in sound or a jump to another part of the recording.

In the sport of curling, the skip (also called a "skipper") is the captain of a team. The skip determines strategy, and holds the broom in the house (target area) to indicate where a teammate at the other end of the curling sheet (playing area) should aim the stone. The skip usually throws the last two stones in the fourth position, but may play in any other position.

Skip (stylized as $kip) is a singer-songwriter and teen pop artist.

In 2012, he released his debut single "Skippin'", which was subsequently certified gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

A skip (UK English) or dumpster (US and Canadian English) is a large open-topped waste container designed for loading onto a special type of lorry (truck). Instead of being emptied into a garbage truck on site, as a wheelie bin is, a skip is removed, or replaced by an empty skip, and then tipped at a landfill site or transfer station.

Typically skip bins have a distinctive shape: the longitudinal cross-section of the skip bin is either a trapezoid or two stacked trapezoids. The lower trapezoid has the smaller edge at the bottom of the skip bin, and a longer edge at the top. Where there is an upper trapezoid, it has the smaller edge at the top. At either end of the skip bin there is a sloping floor or wall. There are usually two lugs at the ends of the bin onto which chains can be attached, permitting the heavy skip bin to be lifted onto and off a lorry. A special skip-carrying lorry or crane is used.

One end of the skip sometimes has a large door that hinges down to allow manual loading and unloading. Skips are usually durable and tough, made to withstand rough use by tradesmen and labourers. The size of skip bins can vary greatly depending on their use, with sizes ranging from small 2 yard mini skips to the very large 40 yard roll-on roll-off skips. Even though these large bins can store many tonnes of waste, most lorries are limited to carrying around of material in the container.

A typical small skip, when empty, weighs about .