Skippering
noun
1.
the master or captain of a vessel, especially of a small trading or fishing vessel.
2.
a captain or leader, as of a team.
verb (used with object)
3.
to act as skipper of.
noun
1.
(slang) the practice of sleeping rough
noun
1.
the captain of any vessel
2.
the captain of an aircraft
3.
a manager or leader, as of a sporting team
verb
4.
to act as skipper (of)
noun
1.
a person or thing that skips
2.
any small butterfly of the family Hesperiidae, having a hairy mothlike body and erratic darting flight
3.
another name for saury
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