skiff
IPA: skˈɪf
noun
- A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
- Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
- A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
- A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
- An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
- A surname.
verb
- (nautical, transitive) To navigate in a skiff.
- (dialectal, of rain or snow) To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).
- To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.
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Examples of "skiff" in Sentences
- He is on the skiff, sailing.
- He owns several skiffs in his store.
- He has two skiffs and one cruise ship.
- After the set the skiff and main boat loop.
- The skiff encircles the school with the net.
- He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff.
- The skiff man then becomes responsible for the placement of the boat.
- The Spanish also observed several of the gunshots in the side of the skiff.
- The skiff is attached to one end of the net when the crew is setting the net.
- The people on board of the skiff abandoned ship as it became engulfed in flames.
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