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skip

/skɪp/
noun

  1. A leaping, jumping or skipping movement.

  2. The act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.

  3. A passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

verb

  1. To move by hopping on alternate feet.

    "She will skip from one end of the sidewalk to the other."

  2. To leap about lightly.

  3. To skim, ricochet or bounce over a surface.

    "The rock will skip across the pond."

Synonymsplay hookie

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