skipper

[ US /ˈskɪpɝ/ ]
[ UK /skˈɪpɐ/ ]
VERB
  1. work as the skipper on a vessel
NOUN
  1. the naval officer in command of a military ship
  2. a student who fails to attend classes
  3. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
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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.
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