Webster's English Dictionary

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skip

1. skip \'skip\ vb or skipped;  or skip.ping [ME skippen, perh. of Scand 
   origin; akin to Sw dial. skopa to hop] 1a: to move or proceed with leaps 
   and bounds : CAPER  1b: to bound off one point after another : RICOCHET  2: 
   to leave hurriedly or secretly  3a: to pass over or omit an interval, item, 
   or step  3b: to omit a grade in school in advancing to the next  3c: 
   MISFIRE  1a: to pass over without notice or mention : OMIT  1b: to pass by 
   or leave out (a step in a progression or series)  2a: to cause to skip (a 
   grade in school)  2b: to cause to bound or skim over a surface {~ a stone 
   across a p ond} 3: to leap over lightly and nimbly  4a: to depart from 
   quickly and secretly  4b: to fail to attend {~ the staff meeting} 
2. skip n 1a: a light bounding step  1b: a gait composed of alternating 
   hops and steps  2: an act of omission or the thing omitted 
3. skip n [short for 2skipper] 1: the captain of a side in a game (as 
   curling or lawn bowling) who advises  his men as to the play and controls 
   the action 2: SKIPPER 
4. skip vt or skipped;  or skip.ping : to act as skipper of