n. - A basket. See Skep.
n. - A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
n. - An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
n. - A charge of sirup in the pans.
n. - A beehive; a skep.
v. i. - To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
v. i. - 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. - To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
v. t. - To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
v. t. - To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
n. - A light leap or bound.
n. - The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
n. - A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.