Library / English Dictionary

SKIFF

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("skiff" is a kind of...):

small boat (a boat that is small)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skiff"):

sampan (an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Skiff Miller looked puzzled.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Skiff Miller, cool and collected, the obstinate flush a trifle deeper on his forehead, his huge muscles bulging under the black cloth of his coat, carefully looked the poet up and down as though measuring the strength of his slenderness.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Skiff Miller's abstraction disappeared.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)