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Meaning:
Noun:
- A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
- AU British An open-topped rubbish bin, ranging in size from perhaps 1.5x1.5 metres up to 6x3 metres, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to take away both bin and contents. See also skep.
- AU slang An Australian person of Anglo-Celtic descent. Used by people of southern European descent (those who the "skips" in turn call "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo and not of itself insulting (though might be used as such).
- curling The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks.
- mining The elevator in a mine.
- Short for skipper, the master or captain of a ship, or other person in authority.
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Verb:
- intransitive To leap about lightly.
- intransitive To move by hopping on alternate feet.
- intransitive To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
- To place an item in a skip.
- informal Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
- informal To leave; as, to skip town, to skip the country.
- transitive To omit or disregard (some item or stage).
- transitive To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
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