skipper

1. 1.

   work as the skipper on a vessel

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Other forms of skipper

plural

skippers·

past tense

skipperred·

present participle

skipperring·

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 skipper

What does skipper mean?

skipper means "a student who fails to attend classes". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in skipper?

skipper has 2 syllables: skip-per. The stress falls on "skip". In IPA it is /ˈskɪpɚ/.

What is another word for skipper?

Close synonyms include master, captain, sea captain, captain. 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 skipper a common word?

skipper is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.