n. 25B6; verb
skipping down the path : CAPER, prance, trip, dance, bound, bounce, gambol, frisk, romp, cavort.
we skipped the boring stuff : OMIT, leave out, miss out, dispense with, pass over, skim over, disregard; informal give something a miss.
I skipped school : PLAY TRUANT FROM, miss; N. Amer. cut; Brit. informal skive off; N. Amer. informal play hookey from; Austral./NZ informal play the wag from.
I skipped through the magazine : HAVE A QUICK LOOK AT, flick through, flip through, leaf through.
(informal) they skipped off again : RUN OFF/AWAY, take off; informal beat it, clear off, cut and run; Brit. informal do a runner, do a bunk, scarper; N. Amer. informal light out, cut out; Austral. informal shoot through.