1. to move or proceed with leaps and bounds or with a skip

2. to bound off one point after another ricochet

3. to leave hurriedly or secretly
skipped out without paying their bill

4. to pass over or omit an interval, item, or step

5. to omit a grade in school in advancing to the next

6. misfire sense 1

7. to pass over without notice or mention omit
skipped her name

8. to pass by or leave out (a step in a progression or series)

9. to cause to skip (a grade in school)

10. to cause to bound or skim over a surface
skip a stone across a pond

11. to leap over lightly and nimbly

12. to depart from quickly and secretly
skipped town

13. to fail to attend or participate in
skip the tournament

14. to jump bail

15. to use a jump rope (as for exercise or a game)

16. a light bounding step

17. a gait composed of alternating hops and steps

18. an act of omission or the thing omitted

19. the captain of a side in a game (such as curling or lawn bowling) who advises the team as to the play and controls the action

20. skipper entry 2

21. to act as skipper of

22. to move by taking short light steps and jumps

23. to pass over or omit an item, space, or step
I think you skipped a page.

24. to fail to attend or do
Everyone in the class seemed perfectly willing to skip arithmetic for one morning.
— E. B. White, Stuart Little

25. to bound or cause to bound off one point after another skim
We were skipping stones on the pond.

26. a way of moving by hops and steps