Associations to the word «Skipper»

Wiktionary

SKIPPER, noun. (nautical) The master of a ship (literally, 'shipper').
SKIPPER, noun. A coach, director, or other leader.
SKIPPER, noun. (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
SKIPPER, verb. (transitive) To be the skipper of a ship
SKIPPER, noun. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
SKIPPER, noun. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
SKIPPER, noun. 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.
SKIPPER, noun. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
SKIPPER, noun. (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
SKIPPER, noun. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leap to escape predators.

Dictionary definition

SKIPPER, noun. A student who fails to attend classes.
SKIPPER, noun. An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship.
SKIPPER, noun. The naval officer in command of a military ship.
SKIPPER, verb. Work as the skipper on a vessel.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.