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skippet

/ˈskɪpɪt/

skippet noun: a small boat; a skiff.

Noun

skippet (plural skippets)

  1. (obsolete) A small boat; a skiff.
    • Vpon the banck they sitting did espy / A daintie damzell, dressing of her heare, / By whom a litle skippet floting did appeare1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14
  2. A small, round box used for keeping documents and seals or for covering seals attached to documents

skippet meaning in Tamil

skippet in Tamil

ஆவணக்கூடு

Forms of skippet

pluralskippets

Origin of skippet

Compare Icelandic skip, English skipper. See ship.

Words that rhyme with skippet

Questions about skippet

What does skippet mean?
Skippet means a small boat; a skiff.
What is skippet in Tamil?
Skippet in Tamil is ஆவணக்கூடு. See Skippet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is skippet?
Skippet is a noun.
How do you pronounce skippet?
Skippet is pronounced /ˈskɪpɪt/.
What is the plural of skippet?
The plural of skippet is skippets.

Words near skippet in the dictionary

  1. skippering
  2. skipperly
  3. skippers
  4. skippership
  5. skippest
  6. skippet
  7. skippeth
  8. skippets
  9. skippier
  10. skippiest
  11. skippin'

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skippet (page history and authors); skippet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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