To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
To start to operate.
To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
To release; to put onto the market for sale
To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
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 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.
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.
A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.
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.