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skippered

skippered is the simple past and past participle of skipper.

Meaning of skipper

Verb (1)

skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)

  1. (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
    • Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license2019, Tony Perrottet, “A Deep Dive Into the Plans to Take Tourists to the ‘Titanic’”, in Smithsonian Magazine

Verb (2)

skipper (third-person singular simple present skippers, present participle skippering, simple past and past participle skippered)

  1. (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.

See all 16 meanings of skipper

Questions about skippered

What is skippered the simple past and past participle of?
Skippered is the simple past and past participle of skipper.

Words near skippered in the dictionary

  1. skippedst
  2. skippenite
  3. skipper
  4. skipper-bird
  5. skipper-birds
  6. skippered
  7. skippering
  8. skipperly
  9. skippers
  10. skippership
  11. skippest

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