Skip"per (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, skips.

2. A young, thoughtless person.


3. Zool. The saury (Scomberesox saurus).


5. Zool. Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family Hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.


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Skip"per, n. [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]

1. Naut.


2. A ship boy.




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