Skip - General Usage

General Usage

  • Skip (container), a type of large open-topped container
  • Skip (music), a melodic interval
  • 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
  • A generational nickname: see Nickname#Nicknames_for_people
  • The Skip, a route run by the Regional Transportation District that runs between North and South Boulder, Colorado
  • Skip, the Norse word for ship, generally denoting a large boat, but not necessarily a longship or langskip.
  • Skip, a haircut style.
  • Skip, Anglo-Celtic Australians; the word is taken from the 1966 Australian children's television show, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.

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