To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.
To leap lightly about.
To bounce over or be deflected from a surface; skim or ricochet.
To pass from point to point, omitting or disregarding what intervenes: skipped through the list hurriedly; skipping over the dull passages in the novel.
To be promoted in school beyond the next regular class or grade.
Informal To leave hastily; abscond: skipped out of town.
To misfire. Used of an engine.
v.
tr.
To leap or jump lightly over: skip rope.
To pass over without mentioning; omit: skipped the minor details of the story.
To miss or omit as one in a series: My heart skipped a beat.
To cause to bounce lightly over a surface; skim.
To be promoted beyond (the next grade or level).
Informal To leave hastily: The fugitive skipped town.
Informal To fail to attend: We skipped science class again.
n.
A leaping or jumping movement, especially a gait in which hops and steps alternate.
An act of passing over something; an omission.
[Middle English skippen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] skip'pa·ble adj.
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