SKIPJACK


Meaning of SKIPJACK in English

■ noun

1》 (also ~ tuna ) a small tuna with dark horizontal stripes. [ Katsuwonus pelamis .]

2》 a sloop-rigged sailing boat of a kind used off the east coast of the US.

Origin

C18: from skip 1 + jack 1 (with ref. to the fish's habit of jumping out of the water).

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.