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noun
- 1. the captain of a ship or boat: "the skipper and one other man were convicted of smuggling"
verb
- 1. act as captain of: "the course teaches even complete beginners to skipper their own yachts"
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(informal, especially British English) the captain of a sports team. Word Origin. See skipper in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: skipper. Definition of skipper noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of skipper – Learner’s Dictionary. skipper. noun [ C ] informaluk/ˈskɪpər/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. the leader of a team, an aircraft, a ship, etc. (Definition of skipper from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of skipper. in Chinese (Traditional) 船長, 隊長, 機長… See more.
noun. a person or thing that skips. any of various insects that hop or fly with jerky motions.
/ˈskɪpər/ Verb Forms. skipper something to be the captain of a boat, sports team, etc. to skipper a yacht. (especially British English) He skippered the team to victory. an all-woman crew, skippered by Tracy Edwards. The 50-foot yacht will be skippered by Karen Brown. Topics Transport by water c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Sport skip‧per1 /ˈskɪpə $ -ər/ noun [ countable] informal 1 the person in charge of a ship SYN captain 2 the leader of a sports team SYN captain Examples from the Corpus skipper • The best chance Town had in the first half came from this corner and it came from skipper ...
1. : to be the captain of (a ship or boat) The boat was skippered by a skilled veteran sailor. 2. : to be the person who leads or manages (a team) He skippered the team to their latest World Series win. SKIPPER meaning: 1 : the captain of a ship or boat; 2 : someone who leads a group.
Definition of 'skipper' skipper. (skɪpər ) Word forms: skippers plural. countable noun & vocative noun. You can use skipper to refer to the captain of a ship or boat. ...the skipper of an English fishing boat. Synonyms: captain, master More Synonyms of skipper. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.