skipjack

Other forms of skipjack

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Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about skipjack

What does skipjack mean?

skipjack means "oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skipjack?

skipjack has 2 syllables: skip-jack. The stress falls on "skip". In IPA it is /ˈskɪpˌdʒæk/.

What is another word for skipjack?

Close synonyms include skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda, click beetle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skipjack a common word?

skipjack is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with skipjack?

7 words rhyme with skipjack. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.