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Skip

The word skip has several meanings:

* Skip (container), a type of large open-topped container
* Skip (music), a type of interval in music
* Skip (music composer), a composer of electronic music from Gent, Belgium. Using influences from musical genres such as IDM ,drill'n bass and Chiptune.
* Skip (in audio playback), a type of malfunction of a phonograph or gramophone or CD player
* Skip (radio), a radio signal which is reflected or refracted in the atmosphere or ionosphere
* Skip (curling), a position in the sport of curling
* Skip (gait), a style of gait movement involving a combination of walking and jumping
* Jump rope (skipping rope), where one or more participants jump over a spinning rope so that it passes under their feet and over their heads
* Skip-stop, a public transit service pattern

The acronym SKIP may stand for:
* Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocol
* System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns
* Security Knowledge in Practice
* Students for Kids International Projects
* Skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol phosphatase

The word skip also appears in several names and titles:
* Skippy Australian
* Skips (snack)
* Skip (Buffyverse) is a demon from the TV show "Angel"
* Chris Candido, also known as Skip
* Skip Bifferty, an English band
* skip Ltd., a video game developer
* Skip Battin, (1934 -2003), musician, former bass player and songwriter with The Byrds

ee also

* Skipper
* Skipping


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  • skip — skip …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Skip-Bo — Daten zum Spiel Verlag The Skip bo Company (1967), International Games (1980), Amigo (1987), Mattel (1992) Erscheinungsjahr 1967, 1980, 1987, 1992 Art …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Skip — ist ein in Nordamerika gebräuchlicher männlicher Vorname. Bekannte Träger sind: Skip Battin (1934–2003), Countrymusiker Skip Ewing (* 1964), Countrymusiker Skip James (1902–1969), Bluesmusiker Skip Spence (1946–1999), Rockmusiker Skip steht für:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • skip — ● skip nom masculin (anglais skip, benne) Appareil élévateur constitué par une benne de grande capacité, mue par un treuil, dont le vidage s opère par basculement ou par ouverture du fond. (On l utilise pour l alimentation des fours verticaux et… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • SKIP-BO — SKIP BO(IPAEng|skɪpˈ boʊ) is a popular card game. In 1967, Ms. Hazel Bowman of Brownfield, Texas began producing a boxed edition of the game under the name Skip bo. International Games, Inc. purchased the game in 1980. The company was… …   Wikipedia

  • Skip — Skip, v. t. 1. To leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope. [1913 Webster] 2. To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson. [1913 Webster] They who have a mind to see the issue may skip these …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Skip-It — is a children s toy invented by Victor Petrusek and manufactured by Tiger Electronics. During its initial release in the late 1980s, the Skip It apparatus became a commercial success through its avid advertisements on daytime Nickelodeon… …   Wikipedia

  • SKIP — – Das Kinomagazin Beschreibung österreichische Filmzeitschrift Erstausgabe 1983 Erscheinungsweise …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • skip it — spoken phrase used for telling someone that you do not want to talk about something If you were about to ask me for money, skip it! Thesaurus: ways of saying that you don t want to talk or think about somethingsynonym Main entry: skip * * * skip… …   Useful english dictionary

  • skip — skip1 [skip] vi. skipped, skipping [ME skippen, prob. < Scand form akin to ON skopa, to jump, run < IE * skeub , to shoot, throw > SHOVE] 1. to leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot… …   English World dictionary

  • 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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