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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 




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