Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
skip (verb)intransitive verb
1.
a) to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip
b) to bound off one point after another - ricochet
2.
to leave hurriedly or secretly - skipped out without paying their bill
3.
a) to pass over or omit an interval, item, or step
b) to omit a grade in school in advancing to the next
transitive verb
c) - misfire
1.
a) to pass over without notice or mention - omit skipped her name
b) to pass by or leave out (a step in a progression or series)
2.
a) to cause to skip (a grade in school)
b) to cause to bound or skim over a surface - skip a stone across a pond
3.
to leap over lightly and nimbly
4.
a) to depart from quickly and secretly - skipped town
b) to fail to attend or participate in - skip the tournament skip the meeting
1.
a) a light bounding step
b) a gait composed of alternating hops and steps
2.
an act of omission or the thing omitted
1.
the captain of a side in a game (as curling or lawn bowling) who advises the team as to the play and controls the action
2.
- skipper
transitive verb
to act as of - skipper
