skipper
IPA: skˈɪpɝ
noun
- (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.
- A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
- (sports) One who jumps rope.
- 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.
- Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
- (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
- The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
- A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
- (South Africa) A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.
- A surname.
- A male given name.
verb
- (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
- (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
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Examples of "skipper" in Sentences
- He is the skipper of the big ship.
- Caffari was the skipper of the yacht.
- It is a stronghold for the dingy skipper butterfly.
- The skipper may or may not be the owner of the boat.
- He was the skipper of the Bowie Baysox in 2005 2006.
- The skipper of the boat, Guillaume Normant, also died in the accident.
- On most racing teams, the skipper drives the boat and handles the mainsail.
- His contributions to the characterization of the skippers are vast and wide.
- At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to the skipper of a coastal vessel.
- At the age of sixteen, he was apprenticed to the skipper of a coastal vessel.