skipper1 /skipˈər/ noun- A ship's captain
- The captain of an aeroplane
- The captain of a team
transitive verb To act as skipper ORIGIN: Du schipper skipper's daughters plural noun White-topped waves skipper3 /skipˈər/ (old sl) noun A barn, outhouse, etc, esp as a sleeping-place for vagrants intransitive verb To sleep rough in barns, etc ORIGIN: Perh Cornish sciber or Welsh ysgubor barn skippˈering noun (slang) Sleeping rough |