Skipper

Word SKIPPER
Character 7
Hyphenation skip per
Pronunciations /ˈskɪpɚ/

Definitions and meanings of "Skipper"

What do we mean by skipper?

The master of a ship.

A coach, director, or other leader.

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

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The word "skipper" in example sentences

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. ❋ Rick Horowitz (2010)

Boig the skipper, is in the harbor and Grief learns from his trader Ieremia of a banknote reading "The First Royal Bank of Fitu-Iva will pay to bearer on demand one pound sterling," the note signed "Chancellor of the Exchequer" Fulualea — a Fijian name meaning "feathers of the sun." ❋ Unknown (2008)

I will have to wait until my skipper is back for lates on Wednesday to hear all the war stories. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

And at least use some sort of spell check, no skipper is going to hire a guy who asks for a job and misspells his request, like the guy asking for a job on a fishing “bout”! ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Atlanta Braves skipper is the most underrated manager in baseball, hands down. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Close on thirty years before, a certain Dutch skipper -- his name is forgotten -- happened to be sailing for Bordeaux with a general cargo, which included some thousands of tulips, and a few almost priceless ones, for a rich purchaser who wished to introduce tulip-culture into the Gironde. ❋ Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1903)

You see the skipper is going to make sail directly. ❋ Unknown (1864)

Young wore the armband in place of long term skipper Stiliyan Petrov who declined to take it off the England man when offered it when he came on as a late substitute, and Houllier said: Ashley is an inspiring leader when he is on the pitch. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I called the skipper, and I said, 'The boat is sinking.' ❋ Unknown (2009)

The graceful but now critically endangered high brown fritillary and the Lulworth skipper, which is confined to the Dorset coastline and has suffered a 93% decline in number since 2000, continued to disappear from the countryside. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When he reached the bridge moments later, Kiepfer discovered that the skipper was the only man still on his feet. ❋ James Scott (2009)

"The words sink, aland, lost are entire; skipp is evidently part of the word skipper, and that's what they call ship captains often in England. ❋ Unknown (1873)

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