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

Малыш скакал вприпрыжку рядом с мамой.
The toddler hopped along beside his mother.
Улан скакал впереди своего отряда.
The uhlan rode ahead of his unit.
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.
Он скакал на коне с настоящей лихостью.
He rode his horse with genuine daring.
Запорожский казак скакал верхом на коне.
A Zaporozhian Cossack was riding horseback.
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.

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)