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Skipper or skippers may refer to:
Rank[edit]
- Skipper (boating), a person who has command of a vessel
- Skipper (rank), a former warrant rank in the British Royal Naval Reserve
- Skipper, an alternative name for a sergeant in South East Police forces in England
- The leader of a Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America) troop
Sports[edit]
©2020 Skippers SW Washington All Rights Reserved Mobile friendly website by Premium Websites, LLC. Skipper definition is - any of various erratically active insects (such as a click beetle or a water strider). How to use skipper in a sentence. Skipper definition, the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel. The NEW Mud-Skipper® 18-23 HP Surface Drive. Belt Driven, Clutch and Reverse Options, Suitable for Boats with 15-16' Transom, Fits Engines With One Inch PTO. A skipper that is on an inshore boat would go back to the shore every day while the offshore boats venturing out in waters away from the shore would be in a position to.
- Another name for a team's manager (baseball), captain (association football), or captain (cricket)
- One who skips using a skipping rope
- Houston Skippers, a minor league ice hockey team based in Houston, Texas, that played in the 1946 season
- Skipper (cannon), the game cannon used by the Virginia Tech Hokies football team
People[edit]
- Ricardo Skippers (born 1986), South African footballer
- Rudolf Scheepers Skipper Badenhorst (born 1978), South African rugby union player
- Hargrove Skipper Bowles (1919–1986), American politician and businessman
- Klemen Skipper Clement (c. 1484–1536), Danish merchant, captain, privateer and leader of a peasant rebellion
- Francis Gidney (1890–1928), an early leader of the Scouting movement in the United Kingdom
- Thomas Pinckney 'Skipper' Heard (1898–1980), longtime athletics director of Louisiana State University
- Lewis Skipper Mullins (born c. 1945), American Taekwondo 10th degree black belt
- Clarence Skipper Roberts (1888–1963), American Major League Baseball catcher
- Bernard Skipper Wise, American singer, songwriter, musician and entrepreneur
Places[edit]
- Skippers, Virginia, an unincorporated community
- Skippers Canyon, New Zealand
Arts and entertainment[edit]
- The Skipper, a character from the television series Gilligan's Island
- Skipper (Barbie), a doll, Barbie's younger sister
- Skipper (Madagascar), a character in Madagascar and The Penguins of Madagascar
- Kill Cruise (German title: Der Skipper), a 1990 film starring Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit and Elizabeth Hurley
- Skippers (TV programme), an Irish documentary series
- Skipper Riley, a character in the movie Planes
Animals[edit]
- Skipper (butterfly), a family of butterfles
- Another name for the European sprat, a fish
Aviation[edit]
- Beechcraft Skipper, a model of aircraft
- Skippers Aviation, a charter airline based in Osborne Park, a suburb of Perth, Australia
Other uses[edit]
- AGM-123 Skipper II, a short-range laser-guided missile
- AMT Skipper, a semi-automatic pistol
- USS Skipper (AMc-104), a U.S. Navy minesweeper
- Skippers Seafood & Chowder House, a chain of independently owned and operated restaurants
- Skipper (computer software), a visualization tool and code generator for PHP ORM frameworks
See also[edit]
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Skipper V31
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.skip·per 1
(skĭp′ər)n.2. A coach, director, or other leader.
tr.v.skip·pered, skip·per·ing, skip·pers
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch, from scip, ship.]
skip·per 2
(skĭp′ər)n.2. Any of numerous butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and Megathymidae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
3. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially a saury.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
skipper
(ˈskɪpə) n2. (Aeronautics) the captain of an aircraft
vb
[C14: from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper shipper]
skipper
(ˈskɪpə) n2. (Animals) any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, having a hairy mothlike body and erratic darting flight
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
skip•per1
(ˈskɪp ər)n.
1. the master or captain of a vessel, esp. of a small trading or fishing vessel.
v.t. 3. to act as skipper of.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Middle Dutch schipper=schipship + -er-er1]
skip•per2
(ˈskɪp ər)n.
2. any of various insects that hop or fly with jerky motions.
3. any of numerous quick-flying insects of the superfamily Hesperioidea, characterized by a stout body and clubbed antennae with a hook on the end, closely related to the true butterflies.
[1200–50]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
skipper
Past participle: skippered
Gerund: skippering
| Imperative |
|---|
| skipper |
| skipper |
| Present |
|---|
| I skipper |
| you skipper |
| he/she/it skippers |
| we skipper |
| you skipper |
| they skipper |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I skippered |
| you skippered |
| he/she/it skippered |
| we skippered |
| you skippered |
| they skippered |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am skippering |
| you are skippering |
| he/she/it is skippering |
| we are skippering |
| you are skippering |
| they are skippering |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have skippered |
| you have skippered |
| he/she/it has skippered |
| we have skippered |
| you have skippered |
| they have skippered |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was skippering |
| you were skippering |
| he/she/it was skippering |
| we were skippering |
| you were skippering |
| they were skippering |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had skippered |
| you had skippered |
| he/she/it had skippered |
| we had skippered |
| you had skippered |
| they had skippered |
| Future |
|---|
| I will skipper |
| you will skipper |
| he/she/it will skipper |
| we will skipper |
| you will skipper |
| they will skipper |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have skippered |
| you will have skippered |
| he/she/it will have skippered |
| we will have skippered |
| you will have skippered |
| they will have skippered |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be skippering |
| you will be skippering |
| he/she/it will be skippering |
| we will be skippering |
| you will be skippering |
| they will be skippering |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been skippering |
| you have been skippering |
| he/she/it has been skippering |
| we have been skippering |
| you have been skippering |
| they have been skippering |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been skippering |
| you will have been skippering |
| he/she/it will have been skippering |
| we will have been skippering |
| you will have been skippering |
| they will have been skippering |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been skippering |
| you had been skippering |
| he/she/it had been skippering |
| we had been skippering |
| you had been skippering |
| they had been skippering |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would skipper |
| you would skipper |
| he/she/it would skipper |
| we would skipper |
| you would skipper |
| they would skipper |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have skippered |
| you would have skippered |
| he/she/it would have skippered |
| we would have skippered |
| you would have skippered |
| they would have skippered |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
| Noun | 1. | skipper - a student who fails to attend classes educatee, pupil, student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution |
| 2. | skipper - an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship ship's officer, officer - a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel; 'he is the officer in charge of the ship's engines' | |
| 3. | skipper - the naval officer in command of a military ship armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; 'their military is the largest in the region'; 'the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker' commissioned naval officer - a commissioned officer in the navy | |
| Verb | 1. | skipper - work as the skipper on a vessel work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; 'I will work hard to improve my grades'; 'she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor' |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
kapitánvelet
flug-/skipstjóri; fyrirliîivera fyrirliîi, stjórna
škiperis
skipper
[ˈskɪpəʳ]A.N (Sport) → capitán/ana m/f (Naut) → capitán/ana m/f, patrón/a m/f
well, you're the skipper → bueno, tú eres el jefe
well, you're the skipper → bueno, tú eres el jefe
B.VT [+ boat] → capitanear, patronear; [+ team] → capitanear
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
skipper
[ˈskɪpər]n [team] → capitainemf
vt [+ team] → diriger
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
skipper
n → Kapitän(in)m(f); aye, aye skipper! → jawohl, Käpt’n!
Skipper's Restaurants
vt → anführen; the team was skippered by X → Kapitän(in) der Mannschaft war X
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
skipper
[ˈskɪpəʳ]1.n (Sport, Naut) → capitano; (in boat race) → skipperm inv
2.vt (boat) → essere al comando di; (sports team) → capitanare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
skipper
(Skipper Buds
ˈskipə) nounSkipper Barbie
the captain of a ship, aeroplane or team. skipper, loods قائِد السَّفينَه او الطائِرَه мор.капитан capitão kapitán der Kapitän skipper; holdkaptajn καπετάνιος, κυβερνήτης, αρχηγός ομάδας capitán kipper, kapten كاپيتان kapteeni capitaine רַב-חוֹבֵל कप्तान, नायक जहाज का kapetan momčadi, kapetan aviona kapitány kapten flug-/skipstjóri; fyrirliði skipper, capitano 船長 주장 kapitonas, škiperis kapteinis kapten gezagvoerderskipper; lagkaptein szyper, kapitan ماڼو، جاله وان ( په تيره دوړو تجارتي بيړيو): ټوپ وهونكي (كب): لارښود capitão comandant, căpitan капитан; шкипер kapitán kapitan kapetan skeppare, befälhavare, flygkapten, lagkapten ผู้นำทีม kaptan, reis 船長，機長，隊長，組長 шкіпер, капітан کپتان đội trưởng, thuyền trưởng 船长，机长，队长，组长
verb to act as skipper of. Who skippered the team? as loods optree يَقود оглавявам capitanear velet als Kapitän vorstehen være holdkaptajn είμαι αρχηγός capitanear kaptenina juhtima كاپيتان بودن toimia kapteenina commander לְפַקֵד עַל नेतृत्व करना या नायक का कार्य करना biti kapetan, zapovjednik, voditi kapitánya (csapatnak) menjadi kapten vera fyrirliði, stjórna (essere il capitano di) ～の長となる 주장을 맡다 būti kapitonu būt kapteinim menjadi kapten aanvoerenføre, være lagkaptein for być kapitanem ماڼو capitanear a comanda быть капитаном, шкипером veliť biti vodja moštva biti kapetan vara lagkapten, skeppare för เป็นผู้นำ kaptanlık yapmak 擔任隊長 бути капітаном کپتانی کرنا chỉ huy, điều khiển 担任船长、球队队长等
Skipper Buds Oshkosh
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