The word skip has several meanings:
- Skip (container), a type of large open-topped container
- Skip (music), a type of interval in music
- Skip (in record player), 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
The acronym SKIP may stand for:
- Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocol
- System of Kanji Indexing by Patterns
- Security Knowledge in Practice
The word skip also appears in several names and titles:
- Skippy Australian
- Skips (snack)
- Skip (Buffyverse) is a demon from the TV show Angel
- Chris Candido, also known as Skip
- Skip Bifferty, an English band
- skip Ltd., a video game developer
- Skip Battin, (1934 -2003), musician, former bass player and songwriter with The Byrds
