скака́ть

fairly common #4562C2

verbimperfective perfective is проскака́ть

1.
to jump, to hop, to skip
Ма́льчик скака́л на одно́й ноге́.
The boy was hopping on one leg.
Iterative: repeated jumping, not a single leap.
2.
to gallop, to ride at a gallop
Вса́дник скака́л по полю.
The rider was galloping across the field.

Examples

В старину гонцы скакали через леса и поля.
In olden times, messengers rode across forests and fields.
Том ска́чет через скака́лку.
Tom is jumping rope.
Конник быстро скакал через открытое поле.
The horseman galloped quickly across the open field.
Молодой гусар лихо скакал на коне.
The young hussar rode his horse at a daring gallop.
Степняк уверенно скакал по бескрайней степи.
The steppe dweller rode confidently across the boundless steppe.
Улан скакал впереди своего отряда.
The uhlan rode ahead of his unit.
Малыш скакал вприпрыжку рядом с мамой.
The toddler hopped along beside his mother.
Запорожский казак скакал верхом на коне.
A Zaporozhian Cossack was riding horseback.
Он скакал на коне с настоящей лихостью.
He rode his horse with genuine daring.
Гаучо скачут по бескрайней пампе.
Gauchos ride across the boundless pampas.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	скачи́
вы	скачи́те

Active present	ска́чущий	jumping, galloping, prancing
Active past	скака́вший	jumping, galloping, having jumped, having galloped
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	скача́	while doing (present)
Gerund past	скакав скакавши	while doing (past)

скакgallop
nounmasculine
скакну́тьto jump; to jump
verbperfective
вска́киватьto jump up; to jump onto; to come up (of a pimple); to gallop in
verbimperfective
выска́киватьto jump out; to fall out
verbimperfective
заска́киватьto drop in; to jump in; to jump up onto; to ride deep into (enemy territory); to cut off the escape route
verbimperfective

LockedUnlock full word family

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
скака́ть	-	to jump; to gallop
доскака́ть	до-	to hop so far
заскака́ть	за-	to start jumping; to break into a gallop; to ride deep into (on horseback); to start racing (in equestrian events)
наскака́ть	на-	to gallop (a distance)