skipper in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
skipper in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
skipper in Sindhi سنڌي
skipper in English
- skipper⇄noun 1. the captain of a ship, especially of a yacht or a small trading or fishing boat.
Ex. Anew skipper had been piped aboard (Newsweek).
2. any captain or leader.
Ex. the skipper of a baseball team. - skipper⇄skipper (1), noun, verb.
- skipper⇄skipper (2), noun.
1. a person or thing that skips.
2. any one of certain insects that make skipping movements, such as a maggot, that lives in cheese.
3. any one of a group of small, mothlike insects that fly with a darting, hopping m - skipper⇄v.t. to be the skipper of; captain; command.
Ex. He skippered one of the first paddle-wheel steamers on the upper Mississippi (Atlantic).