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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Skip \Skip\, n. 1. A light leap or bound. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. --Busby. [1913 Webster] Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift. Skip mackerel. (Zo["o]l.) See Bluefish, 1. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.