ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( -s ; see sense 2 )
1.
a. : a young conceited fop
b. obsolete : jockey
2. or pl skipjack : any of various fishes that jump above or play at the surface of the water: as
a.
(1) : any of various bonitos (as the Chile bonito or frigate mackerel)
(2) or skipjack tuna : a rather small large-eyed fish ( Katsuwonus pelamis ) that is bluish above and silvery below with oblique dark stripes on sides and belly and with a series of small finlets following both dorsal and anal fins, that is widely distributed in warm seas, and that is an important food and sport fish — called also oceanic bonito
b. : tenpounder
c. : rainbow runner
d. : a common freshwater herring ( Pomolobus chrysochloris ) of eastern No. America ; also : any of several related fishes (as an alewife or gizzard shad)
e. : bluefish
f. : a small freshwater silversides ( Labidesthes sicculus ) of the southern United States
g. : a large pale green Australian percoid food fish ( Temnodon saltator )
3. : click beetle
4. : a small sailboat with bottom similar to a flat V and the sides vertical or nearly so