to skipper

Examples

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• He has also skippered one of the two Oracle 40-footers in some of the racing in the ACWS series, but it will be an incredibly talented Aussie, Jimmy Spithill, who will likely be the guy who skips the defender in August.

  Blog text (27)

• I will skipper the final race.

  Wind (1992)

• And I swore I'd never skipper a boat like that, Chief.

  U-571 (2000)

• Connected guy to wiseguy to skipper to boss. #DONNIE#

  Fiction book (1997)

• Instead, they were squads or torpedo boats, like that skippered by Lt. John Kennedy, which inevitably survived tough escapes behind enemy lines.

  Academic text (1990)

• I'd have been no more flummoxed if Noah's Ark had floated past on a river of rainbows skippered by a pair of unicorns.

  Blog text (5)

• She will skipper the yacht during the summer regatta.

• He was proud to skipper the fishing boat for his family's business.

• After years of training, he finally got the chance to skipper a tall ship.

Synonyms

P

to pilot

vsto skipper

30 3.4

To fly a plane or steer a ship

is the person commanding a boat rather than simply operating controls

H

to helm

vsto skipper

8 6.6

To steer a ship or lead an organization

is the role of a person in command rather than only steering

Surface Forms

Etymology