Skipper - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈskɪpər|  American pronunciation of the word skipper
Brit.  |ˈskɪpə|  British pronunciation of the word skipper

noun

- a student who fails to attend classes
- an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship (syn: captain, master)
- the naval officer in command of a military ship (syn: captain)

verb

- work as the skipper on a vessel

Extra examples

...the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail...

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: skipper
he/she/it: skippers
present participle: skippering
past tense: skippered
past participle: skippered
noun
singular: skipper
plural: skippers
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