Definition of by skips:
"my heart just skipped a beat."
(n) :
a
leaping,
jumping or
skipping movement; 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
"2001: Effie: How did you find the second, the defacto, and what nationality is she?
Barber: She is Australian.
Effie: Is she? Gone for a skip. You little radical you.
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