What is "skipped"

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.

vb. (en-past of: skip)

1. n. a gait in which steps and hops alternate

2. a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission]

3. [also: skipping, skipped]

1. v. 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]

7. [also: skipping, skipped]

See skip