noun
- the captain of a ship or boat
- the leader or captain of a team or group
Usage: nautical
Usage: informal
verb
- to act as captain of a ship, boat, or team
Examples
- The skipper guided the fishing boat safely back to harbor.
- Our team’s skipper made all the important decisions during the match.
- The yacht’s skipper has twenty years of sailing experience.
- She will skipper the boat during the regatta.
- The cricket team’s skipper won the toss and chose to bat first.
- He learned to skipper small boats at sailing camp.