a basket. see skep.-a basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.-an iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.-a charge of sirup in the pans.-a beehive; a skep.-to leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly implying a sportive spirit.-fig.: to leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.-to leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.-to pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.-to cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.-a light leap or bound.-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.