transcription, транскрипция: [ skɪpə(r) ]
( skippers, skippering, skippered)
1.
You can use skipper to refer to the captain of a ship or boat.
...the skipper of an English fishing boat...
Gunfire, skipper!
= captain
N-COUNT ; N-VOC
2.
You can use skipper to refer to the captain of a sports team.
The England skipper is confident.
= captain
N-COUNT : usu supp N
3.
To skipper a team or a boat means to be the captain of it.
He skippered the second Rugby XV...
= captain
VERB : V n