1. To avoid doing something which is normal or usually expected: Jack and Jill decided to skip breakfast and have an early lunch because they had to catch the next train before it was too late.

Jimmy skipped school because he wanted to go to a movie early in the day instead of in the evening.

2. To omit or leave something out in a discussion or while reading, and go to the next thing: Jack said the autobiography he was reading skipped the writer's childhood and just told about his early adult life.

Ron skipped the next word in his vocabulary quiz because he had never studied its meaning before.

3. To leave a place suddenly and without warning; especially, when trying to avoid punishment: The criminal tried to skip the country, but he was apprehended by the police before he could get away.
4. To move forward in a playful way by taking short, fast steps, and jumps: Ted's children were skipping happily ahead of him and his wife as they were going to the playground.

The ice skater made three quick skips and then she did a pirouette or a fast spin around in the air as she landed on her skates.

5. To throw a flat stone on the surface of water in a lake so it bounces for a distance: Sam was able to make the rock skip seven times before it sank into the water.
6. An expression that indicates that a person doesn't want to do something or to talk about it: While Jim was discussing what happened when he slipped and fell down, he said, "Oh, skip it. It isn't important anyway."