skipper
see also: Skipper
Pronunciation
Skipper
Proper noun
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see also: Skipper
Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈskɪpɚ/
skipper (plural skippers)
- (nautical) The master of a ship.
- A coach, director, or other leader.
- (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
- French: skipper
- German: Schiffer, Kapitän, Schiffskapitän
- Italian: skipper
- Russian: шки́пер
- Spanish: capitan
- Spanish: entrenador
- German: Kapitän, Teamkapitän, Teamchef, Mannschaftskapitän
- Spanish: capitan
skipper (skippers, present participle skippering; past and past participle skippered)
- (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
skipper (plural skippers)
- Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
- A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
- Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
- ca. 1864, John Clare, "We passed by green closes":
- Blue skippers in sunny hours ope and shut
- Where wormwood and grunsel flowers by the cart ruts […]
- ca. 1864, John Clare, "We passed by green closes":
- Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
- (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
- The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.
skipper (plural skippers)
Verbskipper (skippers, present participle skippering; past and past participle skippered)
- (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
Skipper
Proper noun
- Surname
- A male given name.
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