[
US
/ˈskɪpɝ/
]
[ UK /skˈɪpɐ/ ]
[ UK /skˈɪpɐ/ ]
VERB
- work as the skipper on a vessel
NOUN
- the naval officer in command of a military ship
- a student who fails to attend classes
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
How To Use skipper In A Sentence
- When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
- The vessel has an aluminium deckhouse with skippers cabin, CO2 room, casing, ventilation and Hi-press room.
- Then follows a comparison of the performance of the main categories of skippers: Burghers, Chinese, Malays and the most important group of Sulawesians.
- Another injury victim, Andy Heald, sees a specialist this week over his sciatica, but former skipper Davey Luker is unlikely to feature again this season due to work commitments.
- With their secluded anchorages and bights, Anacapa and the other Channel Islands fairly beckon sailboat skippers.
- Each yacht carries knowledgeable skippers and crew members. Times, Sunday Times
- Done with maneuvers, a US Navy aircraft carrier skipper decided to let his crew vote on which port to visit for shore leave.
- Swallowtails, cabbage whites, skippers, and orange sulphurs follow scent trails to the tiny patches of flowers blooming furiously in the middle of the city.
- Chops, our de facto Kiwi skipper and engineer, makes another valiant attempt to get it going with the starter cord.
- Pool, led from the front by their new Australian skipper Simon Dart, are showing good early season form.