1. One who, or that which, skips.
2. A young, thoughtless person. Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The saury (Scomberesox saurus).
4. The cheese maggot. See Cheese fly, under Cheese.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family
Hesperiadæ; — so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
SKIPPER
Skip"per, n. Etym: [D. schipper. See Shipper, and Ship.]
1. (Naut.)
Defn: The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.