skip

• skip past tense and past participle skipped, present participle skipping
• 1
• not do something
•  [transitive] informal to not do something that you usually do or that you should do [= miss]:
• She skipped lunch in order to go shopping.
• Williams skipped the game to be with his wife in the hospital.
• skip school/class especially American English
• He skipped chemistry class three times last month.
• 2
• not deal with something
•  [intransitive and transitive] to not read, mention, or deal with something that would normally come or happen next:
• I decided to skip the first chapter.
• skip to
• Let's skip to the last item on the agenda.
• skip over
• I suggest we skip over the details and get to the point.
• 3
• change subjects
•  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go from one subject to another in no fixed order
• skip about/around/from
• It's difficult to have a conversation with her because she skips from one topic to another.
• 4
• movement
•  [intransitive] to move forward with quick steps and jumps
• skip across/along etc
• He turned and skipped away, singing happily to himself.
• 5
• jump over a rope
•  [intransitive] to jump over a rope as you swing it over your head and under your feet, as a game or for exercise [= jump ropeAmerican English]
• 6
•  skip town/skip the country
• informal to leave a place suddenly and secretly, especially to avoid being punished or paying debts:
• Then they found that Zaffuto had already skipped town.
• 7
•  skip it!
• spoken informal especially American English used to say angrily and rudely that you do not want to talk about something:
• 'Sorry, what were you saying?' 'Oh, skip it!'
• 8
•  skip rocks/stones
• American English to throw smooth, flat stones into a lake, river etc in a way that makes them jump across the surface[= skim British English]
• 9
• ball
•  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a ball or something similar skips off a surface, it quickly moves away from that surface after hitting it - used especially in news reports
• skip off/along/across etc
• The ball skipped off Bonds' glove and bounced toward the fence.
• 10
•  skip a year/grade
• to start a new school year in a class that is one year ahead of the class you would normally enter

• ➔ somebody's heart skips a beat

   at heart
• skip off 
• phrasal verb
• to leave suddenly and secretly, especially in order to avoid being punished or paying money:
• He skipped off without paying.
• skip off on American English
• Tenants who skip out on utility bills are the focus of a new law.
• Joel skipped out on his wife when she was 8 months pregnant.

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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