King James Bible Dictionary

SKIP, verb intransitive To leap; to bound; to spring; as a goat or lamb.

To skip over, to pass without notice; to omit.

SKIP, verb transitive To pass over or by; to omit; to miss.

SKIP, noun A leap; a bound; a spring.

SKIP'-JACK, noun An upstart.

SKIP'-KENNEL, noun A lackey; a footboy.

SKIP'PER, noun

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.

5. The cheese maggot.

SKIP'PET, noun (See Ship and Skiff.) A small boat.

SKIP'PING, participle present tense Leaping; bounding. skipping notes, in music, are notes that are not in regular course, but separate.

SKIP'PINGLY, adverb by leaps.