Definition of skelped:
(v) :
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat or slap with the hand.
(v) :
(transitive, Scotland, Northern England) To beat, pound or hammer.
(v) :
(intransitive, Scotland, Northern England, Ireland) To move briskly along; to run.
(n) :
A blow; a smart stroke, especially with the hand; a smack.
(v) :
(intransitive) To rain heavily; (of rain) to fall.
(v) :
(Scotland) To drive by blows; to drive (hard), to cause to move rapidly.