skipper
verb/ˈskɪpə(r)/
/ˈskɪpər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they skipper | /ˈskɪpə(r)/ /ˈskɪpər/ |
| he / she / it skippers | /ˈskɪpəz/ /ˈskɪpərz/ |
| past simple skippered | /ˈskɪpəd/ /ˈskɪpərd/ |
| past participle skippered | /ˈskɪpəd/ /ˈskɪpərd/ |
| -ing form skippering | /ˈskɪpərɪŋ/ /ˈskɪpərɪŋ/ |
- skipper something to be the captain of a boat, sports team, etc.
- to skipper a yacht
- (especially British English) He skippered the team to victory.
- an all-woman crew, skippered by Tracy Edwards
- The 50-foot yacht will be skippered by Karen Brown.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySkipper is used with these nouns as the object:- boat
- side
Word Originlate Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schipper, from schip ‘ship’.Want to learn more?
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