To Skip

1. (intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
2. (intransitive) To leap about lightly.
3. (intransitive) To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.
4. (transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
5. (transitive) To disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage).
6. To place an item in a skip.
7. (transitive, informal) Not to attend (some event, especially a class or a meeting).
8. (transitive, informal) To leave, especially in a sudden and covert manner.
9. To leap lightly over.
10. (knitting, crocheting) To pass by a stitch as if it were not there, continuing with the next stitch.

Synonyms

• (informal, not to attend): (US) play hookie