skip (v.) Look up skip at Dictionary.com
c.1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from Old Norse skopa "to skip, run," from Proto-Germanic *skupanan (cf. Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. The noun is attested from mid-15c. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c. Related: Skipped; skipping.