omission skip | a mistake resulting from neglect |
mine disposal | the disposal of explosive mines |
skip | a gait in which steps and hops alternate |
treadmill salt mine | a job involving drudgery and confinement |
bucket pail | a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top |
bucket seat | a low single seat as in cars or planes |
bucket shop | (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket |
claymore mine claymore | an antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy |
coal mine coalpit | a mine where coal is dug from the ground |
copper mine | a mine where copper is dug from the ground |
dinner pail dinner bucket | a pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner |
dredging bucket | a bucket for lifting material from a channel or riverbed |
floating mine marine mine | an explosive mine designed to destroy ships that bump into it |
goldmine gold mine | a mine where gold ore is found |
goldmine gold mine | a good source of something that is desired |
jump rope skip rope skipping rope | a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it |
land mine ground-emplaced mine booby trap | an explosive mine hidden underground, explodes when stepped on or driven over |
magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
mine | explosive device that explodes on contact, designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel |
mine | excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted |
mine detector | detector consisting of an electromagnetic device, used to locate explosive mines |
salt mine | a mine where salt is dug |
silver mine | a mine where silver ore is dug |
strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
sulphur mine sulfur mine | a mine where sulphur is dug from the ground |
wine bucket wine cooler | a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine |
skip distance | the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere |
bucket shop | an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm |
United Mine Workers of America United Mine Workers | an industrial union of mine workers in North America |
mine field | a tract of land containing explosive mines |
bucket bucketful | the quantity contained in a bucket |
mine pig | pig iron made entirely from ore |
die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass b kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost drop dead pop off choke croak snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life, She died from cancer, The children perished in the fire, The patient went peacefully, The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of |
skip town take a powder | disappear without notifying anyone (idiom) |
jump pass over skip skip over | bypass, He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible |
mine | lay mines, The Vietnamese mined Cambodia |
skip-bomb | attack with delayed release bombs |
mine | get from the earth by excavation, mine ores and metals |
strip mine surface mine surface-mine | extract (ore) from a strip-mine |
bucket | carry in a bucket |
bucket | put into a bucket |
skim skip skitter | cause to skip over a surface, Skip a stone across the pond |
skip bound off | bound off one point after another |
hop skip hop-skip | jump lightly |
decamp skip vamoose ,u | leave suddenly, She persuaded him to decamp, skip town |
c rush hotfoot hasten hie speed race pelt along rush along cannonball along bucket along belt along step on it | move fast, He rushed down the hall to receive his guests, The cars raced down the street |
cut skip | intentionally fail to attend, cut class |
run-of-the-mill run-of-the-mine mine run unexceptional | not special in any way, run-of-the-mill boxing, your run-of-the-mine college graduate, a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career |