1. A leap; a bound; a spring.
2. An upstart.
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1. To leap; to bound; to spring; as a goat or lamb.
2. To skip over, to pass without notice; to omit.
2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
4. A charge of sirup in the pans.
6. A light leap or bound.
7. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
8. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.
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.
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.
3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
1. An upstart.
3. A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
4. A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
1. The master of a small trading vessel.
2. (from skip.) A dancer.
3. A youngling; a young thoughtless person.
4. The hornfish, so called.
1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. A young, thoughtless person.
3. The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
5. Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
6. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
7. A ship boy.
1. A small boat; a skiff.
2. A small round box for keeping records.
Leaping; bounding. skipping notes, in music, are notes that are not in regular course, but separate.
by leaps.
In a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.
Skipton
Encyclopedia Britannica
SKIPTON, an ancient market-town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, is situated on the river Aire, on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and on the Midland Railway, 9 miles north-west of Keighley and 15 south-east of Settle. It is substantially built of stone. The strong castle built by Robert de Romille in the time of the Conqueror was partly demolished in 1649, but was restored by the countess of Pembroke. Of the ancient building of De Romille all that now remains is the western doorway of the inner castle. In the castle grounds are the ruins of the ancient parish church of St John. The church of the Holy Trinity, in the Decorated Gothic, was also partly demolished during the Civil War, but was restored by the countess of Pembroke, and again underwent renovation in 1854. The free grammar school was founded in 1548 by William Ermysted, a canon of St Paul’s, London. The town has a considerable general trade. The population of the urban sanitary district (area 4245 acres) in 1871 was 6078 and in 1881 it was 9091.
Skipton was the capital of the ancient district of Craven. At the Norman accession it became part of the possessions of Earl Edwin, and was granted to Robert de Romille, who built the castle about the end of the reign of William. Subsequently it went to the Albemarle family, but was again vested in the crown, and Edward II. bestowed it on Piers de Gaveston. In 1311 it came into the possession of the Cliffords. The castle was taken by the Parliamentary forces in 1645 and demolished in 1649.
9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 22, p. 124
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Leap Roget’s Thesaurus §309
N. leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, # saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade|, gambado|, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby
V. leap, jump up, jump over the moon, hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper, buck, buck jump, curvet, caracole, foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start, frisk, jump about, trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes
Adv. on the light fantastic toe
Phr. di salto in salto
Neglect Roget’s Thesaurus §460
N. neglect, carelessness, trifling, negligence, omission, oversight, laches, default, supineness, inattention, nonchalance, imprudence, recklessness, slovenliness, (dirt) 653, improvidence, noncompletion, inexactness, paralipsis, paralepsis, paraleipsis, trifler, waiter on providence, micawber
V. be negligent, take no care of &c. (take care of ), neglect, let slip, let go, lay aside, set aside, cast aside, put aside, keep out of sight, put out of sight, lose sight of, overlook, disregard, pass over, pas by, let pass, blink, wink at, connive at, gloss over, take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of, pay no regard to, laisser aller, scamp, trifle, fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with, slur, skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over, pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink, table, ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with, forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract, divert
Adj. neglecting, unmindful, negligent, neglectful, heedless, careless, thoughtless, perfunctory, remiss, feebleness, inconsiderate, uncircumspect, incircumspect, off one's guard, unwary, unwatchful, unguarded, offhand, supine, inattentive, insouciant, imprudent, reckless, slovenly, (dirty) 653, inexact, improvident, neglected, unheeded, uncared-for, unperceived, unseen, unobserved, unnoticed, unnoted, unmarked, unattended to, unthought of, unregarded, unremarked, unmissed, shunted, shelved, unexamined, unstudied, unsearched, unscanned, unweighed, unsifted, unexplored, abandoned, buried in a napkin, hid under a bushel
Phr. out of sight, out of mind
Int. never mind, no matter, let it pass
Rejoicing Roget’s Thesaurus §838
N. rejoicing, # exultation, triumph, jubilation, heyday, flush, revelling, merrymaking, jubilee, paean, te deum, congratulation, smile, simper, smirk, grin, broad grin, sardonic grin, laughter (amusement) 840, risibility, derision, momus, democritus the abderite, rollicker
V. rejoice, thank one's stars, bless one's stars, congratulate oneself, hug oneself, rub one's hands, clap one's hands, smack the lips, fling up one's cap, dance, skip, sing, carol, chirrup, chirp, hurrah, cry for joy, jump for joy, leap with joy, exult, triumph, hold jubilee, make merry, laugh, raise laughter
Adj. rejoicing, jubilant, exultant, triumphant, flushed, elated, pleased, delighted, tickled pink, amused, cheerful, laughable
Phr. the heart leaping with joy, ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire, "laughter holding both his sides", "le roi est mort, vive le roi", "with his eyes in flood with laughter"
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7 KJV and 5 BSB verses contain “skip”
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so who will believe a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?