skipper — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The master of a ship.

   Synonyms

   mastercaptain

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

   It is standard practice for search and rescue authorities to ask other vessels in the area to assist. Usually, this is done. The weather on the night of 31 December was too atrocious, and when at 11pm the Coast Guard asked the crabber Ruff & Reddy to head to the scene, its skipper refused, as a skipper has a right to do if he believes conditions to be too treacherous.

2. A coach, director, or other leader.

3. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

   Examples

   But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool

4. Synonym of detective sergeant, especially as a term of direct address.

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Informal

Verb

1. To captain a ship or a sports team.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license

Noun

1. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.

2. One who jumps rope.

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.

   Examples

   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 (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).

5. A young, thoughtless person.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Skipper, stand back; 'tis age that nourisheth

6. 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.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

Noun

1. A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.

   Usage

   • South-Africa

   Synonyms

   jumpertee-shirt

   Examples

   Plain nylon doeks...Men's knitted skippers, long sleeves, three buttons in front.

   The special constables..were issued with one pair of boots, two overalls, one raincoat, and two skippers — but no shirts or warm coats.

   More examples (1)

   My neighbour's little boy pestered his dad for a 'Viva' T-shirt. This long-suffering man pointed out to his son that he had been sharing his w:Cosatu skipper with him.., but the kid..did not want to wear it any longer as it was not, as he put it, 'skipa sa Mandela'.

Noun

1. a student who fails to attend classes

   Broader terms

   studentpupileducatee

2. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

   Synonyms

   mastercaptainsea captain

   Broader terms

   officership's officer

3. the naval officer in command of a military ship

   Synonyms

   captain

   Broader terms

   commissioned naval officer

Verb

1. work as the skipper on a vessel

   Broader terms

   work