skip

(skĭp)

1. a. To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.
   b. To leap lightly about.
2. To bounce over or be deflected from a surface; skim or ricochet.
3. To pass from point to point, omitting or disregarding what intervenes: skipped through the list hurriedly; skipping over the dull passages in the novel.
4. To be promoted in school beyond the next regular class or grade.
5. Informal To leave hastily; abscond: skipped out of town.
6. To misfire. Used of an engine.

1. To leap or jump lightly over: skip rope.
2. 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.
3. To cause to bounce lightly over a surface; skim.
4. To be promoted beyond (the next grade or level).
5. Informal To leave hastily: The fugitive skipped town.
6. Informal To fail to attend: We skipped science class again.

1. A leaping or jumping movement, especially a gait in which hops and steps alternate.
2. An act of passing over something; an omission.

Related Forms:

• skipˈpa·ble adjective