skips
noun
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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.
verb
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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.
noun
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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.
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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.
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An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.
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(college slang) A college servant.