Swipper vs. Skipper
Swipperadjective
nimble; quick
Swipperadjective
Nimble; quick.
Skippernoun
(nautical) The master of a ship.
Skippernoun
A coach, director, or other leader.
Skippernoun
(sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Skippernoun
Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
Skippernoun
A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
Skippernoun
Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
Skippernoun
Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.
Skippernoun
(obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
Skippernoun
The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly, in Piophilidae, which leaps to escape predators.
Skippernoun
A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
Skipperverb
(transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
Skipperverb
(intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
Skippernoun
One who, or that which, skips.
Skippernoun
A young, thoughtless person.
Skippernoun
The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
Skippernoun
The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
Skippernoun
Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadæ; - so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
Skippernoun
The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
Skippernoun
A ship boy.
Skippernoun
a student who fails to attend classes
Skippernoun
an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
Skippernoun
the naval officer in command of a military ship
Skipperverb
work as the skipper on a vessel
