Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Skip \Skip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Skipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Skipping}.] [OE. skippen, of uncertain origin; cf. Icel.
   skopa run, skoppa to spin like a top, OSw. & dial. Sw.
   skimmpa to run, skimpa, skompa, to hop, skip; or Ir. sgiob to
   snatch, Gael. sgiab to start or move suddenly, to snatch, W.
   ysgipio to snatch.]
   1. To leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds; -- commonly
      implying a sportive spirit.

            The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy
            reason, would he skip and play?       --Pope.

            So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and
            frisking fantastically.               --Hawthorne.

   2. Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking,
      or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing;
      -- often followed by over.

Source : WordNet®

skip
     n 1: a gait in which steps and hops alternate
     2: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: {omission}]
     [also: {skipping}, {skipped}]

skip
     v 1: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
          was incomprehensible" [syn: {jump}, {pass over}, {skip
          over}]
     2: intentionally fail to attend; "cut class" [syn: {cut}]
     3: jump lightly [syn: {hop}, {hop-skip}]
     4: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
        [syn: {decamp}, {vamoose}]
     5: bound off one point after another [syn: {bound off}]
     6: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
        [syn: {skim}, {skitter}]
     [also: {skipping}, {skipped}]

skipping
     See {skip}