English Explanatory Dictionary

skipper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The master of a ship.
  2. A coach, director, or other leader.
  3. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
verb
  1. To captain a ship or a sports team.
noun
  1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
  2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
  3. One who jumps rope.
  4. 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.
  5. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
  6. A young, thoughtless person.
  7. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
noun
  1. A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
verb
  1. To take shelter in a barn or shed.
noun
  1. A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.

Pronunciation

/ˈskɪp.ə/ [ˈskɪp.ə] /ˈskɘp.ɘ/ [ˈskɘp.ɘ] /ˈskɪp.ɚ/ [ˈskɪp.ɚ] ~ [ˈskɪp.ɹ̩] en-us-skipper.ogg

Word forms

skipper skippers skippering skippered

Etymology

From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.

Synonyms

master captain jumper tee-shirt

Derived words

skipperless skipperly skippership cheese skipper chequered skipper dingy skipper Essex skipper European skipper fiery skipper grass-skipper grizzled skipper iris-skipper large chequered skipper large grizzled skipper large skipper Lulworth skipper mudskipper palmetto skipper paradise skipper sand-skipper sedge-skipper shield-skipper silver-spotted skipper small skipper water skipper zestos skipper skipper-bird
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