noun. One who or that which skips or jumps; a leaper; a dancer.

noun. A locust.

noun. A trifling, thoughtless person; a skipjack.

noun. In entomology:

noun. A hesperian; any butterfly of the family Hesperiidæ: so called from their quick, darting, or jerky flight. Also called hopper. See cut under Hesperia.

noun. The larva of the cheese-fly, Piophila casei; a cheese-hopper. See cut under cheese-fly.

noun. One of certain water-beetles or -boatmen of the family Notonectidæ. See cut under water-boatman.

noun. A skipjack, snapping-bug, or click-beetle. See cut under click-beetle.

noun. The saury pike, Scomberesox saurus. See cut under saury.

noun. Same as skip, 4.

To move with short skips; skip.

noun. The master of a small trading or merchant vessel; a sea-captain; hence, in familiar use, one having the principal charge in any kind of vessel.

noun. A barn; an outhouse; a shed or other place of shelter used as a lodging.

To take shelter in a barn, shed, or other rude lodging: sometimes with indefinite it.

noun. Same as climbing-fish, 2.

noun. In cricket, the captain of a cricket eleven.

noun. Also the commander of any other body of men, as of a company of soldiers; a leader.

To command a ship; command and drill (as sailors); serve as skipper to.

noun. The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.

noun. A ship boy.

noun. One who, or that which, skips.

noun. A young, thoughtless person.

noun. The saury (Scomberesox saurus).

noun. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.

noun. Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.

noun. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.

noun. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.

noun. Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae

noun. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira

noun. The master of a ship. (literally, 'shipper')

noun. A coach, director, or other leader.

noun. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

verb. To be the skipper of a ship

noun. the naval officer in command of a military ship

noun. a student who fails to attend classes

verb. work as the skipper on a vessel

noun. an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

"And we've got Margot standing by with a certain skipper of a certain playoff-bound team, and I'll bet he knows all about post-season excitement."

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