ˈskippery,a.dial. and U.S. [f. skipper n.1 2 d.] Of cheese, etc.: Full of maggots. 18..Dow Serm. II. 258 (Bartlett), The earth [will] appear as animated as a plate of skippery cheese.1899Cumbld.Gloss. 170/2 Skippery,..said of bacon and cheese when full of ‘jumpers’.