Skip \Skip\, v. t.

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.

They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these two chapters. --Bp. Burnet.

3. To cause to skip; as, to skip a stone. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Skip \Skip\, n.

1. A light leap or bound.

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

3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. --Busby.

Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.]

--Swift.

Skip mackerel. (Zo["o]l.) See Bluefish, 1.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Skip \Skip\, n. [See Skep.]

1. A basket. See Skep. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

2. A basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.

3. (Mining) An iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.

4. (Sugar Manuf.) A charge of sirup in the pans.

5. A beehive; a skep.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skipping.]

[OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw. skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W. ysgipio to snatch.]

1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.

The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? --Pope.

So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. --Hawthorne.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hop \Hop\, n.

1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]

Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)