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To move by hopping on one foot and then the other.
(verb-intransitive)
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To leap lightly about.
(verb-intransitive)
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To bounce over or be deflected from a surface; skim or ricochet.
(verb-intransitive)
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To pass from point to point, omitting or disregarding what intervenes: skipped through the list hurriedly; skipping over the dull passages in the novel.
(verb-intransitive)
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To be promoted in school beyond the next regular class or grade.
(verb-intransitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.