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