'Skip mackerel' definitions:

Definition of 'Skip mackerel'

From: GCIDE
  • Skip \Skip\, n.
  • 1. A light leap or bound. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Mus.) A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once. --Busby. [1913 Webster]
  • Skip kennel, a lackey; a footboy. [Slang.] --Swift.
  • Skip mackerel. (Zool.) See Bluefish, 1. [1913 Webster]