[skip.per] n (13c) 1: any of various erratically active insects (as a click beetle or a water strider)
2: one that skips
3: saury
4: any of a superfamily (Hesperioidea, esp. family Hesperiidae) of stout-bodied lepidopterous insects that differ from the typical butterflies esp. in wing venation and the form of the antennae
[2]skipper n [ME, fr. MD schipper, fr. schip ship; akin to OE scip ship--more at ship] (14c) 1: the master of a ship; esp: the master of a fishing, small trading, or pleasure boat
2: the captain or first pilot of an airplane
3: a person in a position of leadership; esp: a baseball team's manager [3]skip.per vt skip.pered ; skip.per.ing (1893) 1: to act as skipper of (as a boat)
2: to act as coach of (as a team)