skipper
see also: Skipper
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈskɪpɚ/
Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. (nautical) The master of a ship.
  2. A coach, director, or other leader.
  3. (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Synonyms Translations Translations Translations Verb

skipper (skippers, present participle skippering; past and past participle skippered)

  1. (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
  2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  3. 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 […]
  4. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
  5. (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
  6. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.
Noun

skipper (plural skippers)

  1. A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
Verb

skipper (skippers, present participle skippering; past and past participle skippered)

  1. (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.

Skipper
Proper noun
  1. Surname
  2. A male given name.



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