skipskɪp(v.; n.)skipped, skip•ping

1. (v.i.)to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.

   Category: Common Vocabulary

2. to pass from one point, thing, etc., to another, disregarding or omitting what intervenes.

3. to go away hastily and secretly; flee without notice.

4. to be advanced two or more classes or grades at once.

   Category: Education

5. to ricochet or bounce along a surface:

   The stone skipped over the lake.

6. (v.t.)to jump lightly over:

   to skip a fence.

7. to pass over without reading, noting, acting on, etc.:

   I skipped the long descriptions in the book.

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 party.

10. to advance (a person) by two or more classes or grades at once. to be advanced beyond (a grade or class) in school.

    Category: Education

11. to send (a missile) ricocheting along a surface.

12. to leave hastily and secretly; flee from (a place):

    They skipped town.

    Category: Informal

13. (n.)a skipping movement; a light jump or bounce.

14. a gait marked by such jumps.

15. a passing from one point or thing to another, with disregard of what intervenes.

16. an instance of skipping or a thing skipped.

17. a melodic interval greater than a second.

    Category: Music and Dance

Origin of skip:

1250–1300; (v.) ME skippen, perh. < ON skopa to run (cf. Icel skoppa to skip)

skip′ping•ly(adv.)

skipskɪp(n.; v.)skipped, skip•ping.

1. (n.)the captain of a curling or bowling team.

   Category: Sport

2. Category: Informal

   Ref: skipper1 1

3. (v.t.)to serve as skip of (a curling or bowling team).

   Category: Sport

4. Category: Informal

   Ref: skipper1. 1

Origin of skip:

1820–30; short for skipper1