[skip] 
verb, skipped, skip⋅ping, noun | 1. | to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot. |
| 2. | to pass from one point, thing, subject, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes: He skipped through the book quickly. |
| 3. | to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice. |
| 4. | Education. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once. |
| 5. | to ricochet or bounce along a surface: The stone skipped over the lake. |
| 6. | to jump lightly over: The horse skipped the fence. |
| 7. | to pass over without reading, noting, acting, etc.: He skipped the bad parts. |
| 8. | to miss or omit (one of a repeated series of rhythmic actions): My heart skipped a beat. |
| 9. | to be absent from; avoid attendance at: to skip a school class. |
| 10. | to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface. |
| 11. | Informal. to leave hastily and secretly or to flee from (a place): They skipped town. |
| 12. | a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce. |
| 13. | a gait marked by such jumps. |
| 14. | a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes: a quick skip through Europe. |
| 15. | Music. a melodic interval greater than a second. |
| 16. | a natural depression below the surface of a planed board. |
| 17. | Informal. a person who has absconded in order to avoid paying debts or meeting other financial responsibilities. |
| 18. | skip out on, Informal. to flee or abandon; desert: He skipped out on his wife and two children. |
