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Definition skip

Etymology 1

From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjan?, *skupan? (“to scoff, mock”), related to Icelandic skopa (“to take a run”), Middle Swedish skuppa (“to skip”).

Verb
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) 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).
  2. (mining) A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock.
  3. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) A skep, or basket.
  4. A wheeled basket used in cotton factories.
  5. (sugar manufacture) A charge of syrup in the pans.
  6. A beehive.

Etymology 3

From English skillper, from Dutch schipper "captain", earlier "seaman", equivalent to schip, "ship" + -er.

Noun

skip (plural skips)

  1. Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
  2. (curling) The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.

Etymology 4

A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. Ultimately from etymology 1 (above).

Noun

skip (plural skips)

  1. (Australia, slang) An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent.

Etymology 5

17th-century Ireland. Possibly a clipping of skip-kennel (“young lackey or assistant”). Used at Trinity College Dublin.

Noun

skip (plural skips)

  1. (college slang) A college servant.

Results 494 Words with the letters SKIP

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OKAPIS 13
PEKINS 14
PIKERS 13
PINKOS 14
PLINKS 15
PLISKY 16
POKIES 13
PRICKS 16
PRINKS 14
SKIMPS 16
SKIMPY 18
SPIKED 14
SPIKER 13
SPIKES 13
SPIKEY 15
TUPIKS 14
5 letter words with the letters SKIP 
KEPIS 12
PAIKS 12
PICKS 15
PIKAS 12
PIKES 12
PIKIS 12
PINKS 13
SKIMP 15
SKIPS 12
SPIKE 12
SPIKS 12
SPIKY 14
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KIPS 11
SKIP 11
SPIK 11
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PIS 6
PSI 6
SIP 6
SKI 7
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KI 6
PI 5
SI 2

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