SKIPPER

I. noun Date: 13th century any of various erratically active insects (as a click beetle or a water strider), one that skips, saury , any of a superfamily (Hesperioidea, especially family Hesperiidae) of lepidopterous insects that visibly differ from the typical butterflies especially in having stout bodies, smaller wings, and usually hooked antennae, II. noun see: ship Date: 14th century the master of a ship, the captain or first pilot of an airplane, a person in a position of leadership, III. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1893 to act as ~ of (as a boat), to act as coach of (as a team)