Skip

The word skip has several meanings:

General usage

• Skip (container), a type of large open-topped container
• Skip (music), a melodic interval
• Skip (in audio playback), a type of malfunction of a phonograph or gramophone or CD player
• Skip (radio), a radio signal which is reflected or refracted in the atmosphere or ionosphere
• Skip (curling), a position in the sport of curling
• Skip (gait), a style of gait movement involving a combination of walking and jumping
• Jump rope (skipping rope), where one or more participants jump over a spinning rope so that it passes under their feet and over their heads
• Skip-stop, a public transit service pattern
• A generational nickname: see Nickname#Nicknames_for_people
• The Skip, a route run by the Regional Transportation District that runs between North and South Boulder, Colorado
• Skip, the Norse word for ship, generally denoting a large boat, but not necessarily a longship or langskip.
• Skip, a haircut style.
• Skip, a term used to describe Anglo-Celtic Australians, the word is taken from the 1966 Australian children's television show, Skippy the Bush Kangaroo.

Acronyms

• Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocol
• System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns
• Skeletal muscle and kidney enriched inositol phosphatase

Names and titles

• Skips (snack)
• Chris Candido, also known as Skip
• Skip Bifferty, an English band
• Skip Battin (1934–2003), musician, former bass player and songwriter with The Byrds
• skip Ltd., a video game developer

Fictional characters

• Skip Ricter, a character in the movie Cars
• Skip is a demon from the TV show Angel—see List of minor Angel characters#Skip
• Skips, a character on Regular Show

Skipping

Skipping can refer to several things:

• The hippity-hoppity gait that comes naturally to children
• A game or form of exercise using a skipping rope
• Stone skipping
• Snowmobile skipping
• Skipping class, otherwise known as truancy
• British slang for Dumpster diving

See also

• Skipper (disambiguation)