skipper in English

noun
1
the captain of a ship or boat.
The skippers and ship owners may be fined £32,000 each.
2
a person or thing that skips.
But these aren't any ordinary bit of rope, just as the competitors in the International Rope Skipping Championships aren't any ordinary skippers .
verb
1
act as captain of.
Simon Talbot from St Osyth was skippering a 53 ft yacht on a trip from Sweden to Cork when the accident happened.

Use "skipper" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "skipper" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "skipper", or refer to the context using the word "skipper" in the English Dictionary.

1. Skipper, rest.

2. The England skipper is confident.

3. Skipper, we're still venting trace gasses.

4. Back in the saddle again, eh, Skipper?

5. Skipper poses with his first ever rosette.

6. Skipper, Kowalski, Rico... and sweet little Private. Boop!

7. I pulled alongside and lifted off the skipper.

8. The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy.

9. The Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon), not to be confused with the large Chequered skipper, is a small woodland butterfly in the family Hesperiidae

10. John is skipper of the cricket team this year.

11. I had to pass the signals to the skipper.

12. He's looked the full business as an inspirational skipper.

13. The former Great Britain amateur skipper has damaged knee ligaments.

14. The major worry concerns skipper and key defender Brian Gayle.

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16. On the night before the qualifiers, Dusty asks an elderly navy war plane named Skipper Riley to teach him how to fly well, but Skipper refuses.

17. Skipper rejoins the navy, flying one last time with Dusty.

18. The England skipper is haunted by a run of low scores.

19. It is in a storm that a capable skipper distinguishes himself.

20. He has also taken the responsibilities of team skipper in his stride.

21. He was not a fit companion for their skipper that particular morning.

22. 3 The adonis blue and silver-skipper butterflies are all but extinct.

23. Skipper, we found this quarter in the coin box at the peep show.

24. Hackett judged that City skipper Keith Curle's tackle on Wise was head-high.

25. As a yacht delivery skipper he had to be a damn good sailor.

26. You and I know the skipper of that destroyer is a green kid.

27. Attracts: Common Blue, Large Skipper, Meadow Brown, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White

28. With or without our near indomitable skipper, Rick Glanvill knows a crucial weekend awaits.

29. If we're wrong we lend you a skipper during the day at no charge.

30. Coach Bob Dwyer is playing it cagey over his choice of a replacement skipper.

31. My buddy, Sparky, says the Skipper was a legendary flight instructor in the navy.

32. The skipper had a fine game, proving he is very much alive and kicking.

33. After three weeks out in the field Skipper looked like an overgrown teddy bear.

34. Skipper, we have an incoming emergency action message on the low frequency receiver, sir.

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37. Willis deeply respected Richard, whom he privately thought of and sometimes called aloud, the Skipper.

38. One of the most famous of the blennies is the rock skipper, or zebra blenny.

39. 29 After three weeks out in the field Skipper looked like an overgrown teddy bear.

40. Since building a hut is a smaller sacrifice for the skipper, he should build huts.

41. Jumping Skipper showed a pleasing boldness in his jumping, which was still often done from trot.

42. Obviously this new skipper was a bear cat, least insofar action with the enemy was concerned.

43. The watch was developed in cooperation with Dean Barker, skipper of Team New Zealand and Omega Ambassador.

44. Middlesbrough skipper Alan Kernaghan, who faces a two-match ban, received another booking when he fouled Halsall.

45. The Byssus Skipper is not common, and has been documented in only a few widely-separated Alabama counties

46. Born in Northern Ireland, Duncan served for a number of years on American ships, hence the nickname 'Skipper'.

47. Assume that the skipper can catch a fish dinner in 10 hours and build a thatched hut in

48. SKIPPER WORSE ALEXANDER LANGE KIELLAND The nose was Aquiline; the lips, a trifle full, were nevertheless beautifully shaped.

49. Thornaby skipper Mike Priestley will be hoping he can repeat that feat for him a few times this season.

50. The 29-year-old was handed the Test Captaincy in 2015, and he became the second-youngest Test skipper