skipper
/ˈskɪp.ə/
The master of a ship; A coach, director, or other leader; The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling
- plural
- skippers
Meanings
- 1
The master of a ship
The skipper lives in a small village.
Tatoeba · Tom9358 · CC BY 2.0 FR
The skipper is not yet on board the ship.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A coach, director, or other leader
- 3
The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling
- 4
Synonym of detective sergeant, especially as a term of direct addressrare
- 5
A person who skips, or fails to attend classrare
- 6
One who jumps roperare
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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 patternrare
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Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat)rare
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A young, thoughtless personrare
- 10
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predatorsrare