SKIPJACK

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

An upstart. [Obs.] Ford.

2.
n.

An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.

3.
n.

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.
n.

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


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