skip

Skip is defined as to leap or jump, or move the attention from one point to another point.

(verb)

An example of skip is to lightly hop down the street.
An example of skip is to pass over a few pages of a book and to miss certain sections.

Skip means a leap, jump or hop, or is slang for the captain of a boat, curling team or lawn bowling team.

(noun)

See skip in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb skipped, skipping

to leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot and then the other
to be deflected from a surface; ricochet
to pass, or direct the attention, from one point to another, omitting what lies between
☆ to be promoted in school beyond the next regular grade
Informal to leave hurriedly, esp. under questionable circumstances; abscond

Origin: ME skippen, prob. < Scand form akin to ON skopa, to jump, run < IE *skeub-, to shoot, throw > shove

transitive verb

to jump or leap lightly over
to pass over or omit, either deliberately or inadvertently
to omit attending a session or sessions of (school, church, etc.)
to cause to skip or ricochet
☆
1. to promote (a student) to the grade beyond the next regular one in school
2. to pass over (the next regular grade)
☆ Informal to leave (a town, country, etc.) hurriedly

noun

1. an act of skipping; leap; spring
2. a skipping gait alternating light hops on each foot
a passing over or omitting

noun

transitive verb skipped, skipping

to act as a skip for

See skip in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb skipped skipped, skip·ping, skips

verb, intransitive

a. To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.
b. 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.

verb, transitive

To leap or jump lightly over: skip rope.
a. To pass over without mentioning; omit: skipped the minor details of the story.
b. 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.