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A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found.

To move by hopping on alternate feet.

Example: She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.

To leap about lightly.

To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

Example: The rock will skip across the pond.

To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.

Example: I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.

A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep).

A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.

A skep, or basket.

A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.

Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.

(specially) The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain.

The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

(bowls) The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary.

An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

(college slang) A college servant.