SKIPJACKS

Noun

skipjacks

plural of skipjack

Source: Wiktionary


SKIPJACK

Skip"jack`, n.

1. An upstart. [Obs.] Ford.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.

4. (Naut.)

Definition: A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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