Charleston vs skip

Charleston

noun
  • A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina. 

name
  • A town in Vermont; after a naval battle near the city in South Carolina; the town's early settlers were naval officers. 

  • A city, the county seat of Mississippi County, Missouri; after either nearby Charles Prairie or the city in South Carolina. 

  • A town in Maine; after Charles Vaughan, an early settler. 

  • An area of Dundee, Scotland. 

  • A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Tallahatchie County. 

  • A town in New York; after Charles Van Epps, an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Coles County, Illinois; after Charles Morton, its first postmaster. 

  • A city in Tennessee. 

  • A town in Utah; after Charles Shelton, an early settler. 

  • The capital city of West Virginia, United States and the county seat of Kanawha County; perhaps after Charles Clendenin, the father of an early settler. 

  • A city, the county seat of Charleston County, South Carolina; after Charles II of England. 

  • A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand. 

  • A town in South Australia. 

  • A city in Arkansas, and one of the two county seats of Franklin County. 

  • A community in Nova Scotia, Canada. 

  • A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation. 

  • A neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City; after Charles Kreischer, son of Balthasar Kreischer, after whom the town was previously named (as Kreischerville). 

skip

noun
  • A leaping, jumping or skipping movement. 

  • A large open-topped container for waste, designed to be lifted onto the back of a truck to remove it along with its contents. (see also skep). 

  • A college servant. 

  • A skip car. 

  • The player who calls the shots and traditionally throws the last two rocks. 

  • An Australian of Anglo-Celtic descent. 

  • The scoutmaster of a troop of scouts (youth organization) and their form of address to him. 

  • The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. 

  • A wheeled basket used in cotton factories. 

  • A skep, or basket, such as a creel or a handbasket. 

  • A person who attempts to disappear so as not to be found. 

  • A charge of syrup in the pans. 

  • A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. 

  • skywave propagation 

  • The captain of a sports team. Also, a form of address by the team to the captain. 

  • The captain of a bowls team, who directs the team's tactics and rolls the side's last wood, so as to be able to retrieve a difficult situation if necessary. 

  • A beehive. 

  • A transportation container in a mine, usually for ore or mullock. 

verb
  • To move by hopping on alternate feet. 

  • To cause the stylus to jump back to the previous loop of the record's groove, continously repeating that part of the sound, as a result of excessive scratching or wear. 

  • To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface. 

  • To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch. 

  • To place an item in a skip (etymology 2, sense 1). 

  • To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface. 

  • To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage). 

  • To have insufficient ink transfer. 

  • To leap about lightly. 

  • Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting). 

  • To jump rope. 

  • To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner. 

  • To leap lightly over. 

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