Category:Skipjack

Skip"jack`, n.

1. An upstart. [obs.] Ford.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: an elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: a shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or v-shaped cross Section.