skipping

verb

1
To move by hopping on alternate feet.
“She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other.”
2
To leap about lightly.
3
To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
“The rock will skip across the pond.”
4
To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
“I bet I can skip this rock to the other side of the pond.”
5
To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
“I will read most of the book, but skip the first chapter because the video covered it.”
6
To place an item in a skip.
7
Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
“Yeah, I really should go to the quarterly meeting but I think I'm going to skip it.”
8
To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
“a customer who skipped town without paying her hotel bill”
9
To leap lightly over.
“to skip the rope”
10
To jump rope.
“The girls were skipping in the playground.”
11
(crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

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