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The Meaning of skip
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(n.) A basket. See Skep.
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(n.) A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
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(n.) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
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(n.) A charge of sirup in the pans.
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(n.) A beehive; a skep.
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(v. i.) To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
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(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.
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(v. t.) To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
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(v. t.) To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
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(v. t.) To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
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(n.) A light leap or bound.
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(n.) The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
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(n.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
Homophones
skipp
Rhymes
airship
,
airstrip
,
apprenticeship
,
authorship
,
battleship
,
blip
,
brinkmanship
,
censorship
,
chairmanship
,
championship
,
chip
,
citizenship
,
clip
,
companionship
,
courtship
,
craftsmanship
,
crip
,
dealership
,
dictatorship
,
dip
,
directorship
,
distributorship
,
draftsmanship
,
drip
,
editorship
,
equip
,
fellowship
,
fingertip
,
flagship
,
flip
,
gamesmanship
,
generalship
,
gipp
,
governorship
,
grip
,
gripp
,
grippe
,
gyp
,
headship
,
hip
,
internship
,
ip
,
judgeship
,
kinship
,
kip
,
kipp
,
klipp
,
knipp
,
leadership
,
lightship
,
lip
,
lipp
,
lippe
,
membership
,
microchip
,
nip
,
nipp
,
one-up-manship
,
one-upmanship
,
outstrip
,
ownership
,
partnership
,
pip
,
premiership
,
professorship
,
quip
,
quipp
,
readership
,
receivership
,
relationship
,
rip
,
ripp
,
rippe
,
roundtrip
,
salesmanship
,
scholarship
,
scrip
,
scripp
,
ship
,
shipp
,
showmanship
,
sip
,
sipp
,
skipp
,
slip
,
snip
,
spaceship
,
sponsorship
,
sportsmanship
,
starship
,
statesmanship
,
steamship
,
stewardship
,
stipp
,
strip
,
tip
,
tipp
,
trip
,
tripp
,
trippe
,
trusteeship
,
unzip
,
upmanship
,
warship
,
whip
,
winship
,
workmanship
,
yip
,
zip
,
zipp