skipn.[See Skep.]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.[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.()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.()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. (Zol.) See Bluefish, 1.()