Skipping can refer to different things depending on the context. According to, it can mean:

• A hopping gait that comes naturally to children
• A game or form of exercise using a skipping rope
• Exon skipping, in molecular biology
• Stone skipping, throwing a stone so that it bounces off the surface of water
• String skipping, a guitar-playing technique
• Snowmobile skipping, a sport where drivers hydroplane snowmobiles on lakes or rivers
• British slang for dumpster diving
• An episode of the television series Teletubbies
• A song by the band Associates from their 1982 album Sulk
• Truancy

However, defines skipping as "the act of jumping over a rope that is held and swung either by the person jumping or by two other people, as a game or for exercise." This is a common form of exercise that involves jumping over a rope that is swung over the head and under the feet. It is often used as a warm-up exercise before running or other physical activities. provides a demonstration of how to do skipping exercise, which involves moving forward across the room, kicking one knee upward and forward while hopping on the other foot, and alternating legs while traveling forward.