skiff
any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
Origin of skiff
1Other words from skiff
- skiffless, adjective
Words Nearby skiff
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How to use skiff in a sentence
Every day after dawn prayers, Akram and seven friends and relatives hoist his skiff across the beach at Al Khokha, and into the Red Sea.
A Rusting Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Is an Environmental Catastrophe Waiting to Happen. Can Anyone Prevent It? | Joseph Hincks | May 14, 2021 | TimeThe guide will pole the skiff along on the shallow flats from a platform at the back of the boat, while the angler stands ready to cast from the front.
With covid protocols, a Caribbean fly-fishing haven is back in business | Chris Santella | April 2, 2021 | Washington PostThe thrust was nervous and ill-calculated, and the next instant the skiff had blundered under the bows of the launch.
Uncanny Tales | VariousComing to the first of the dim shapes, he grasped it and thereby propelled the skiff to another beyond.
Dope | Sax RohmerSo we unhitched a skiff and pulled down the river two mile and a half, to the big scar on the hillside, and went ashore.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
I toted up a load, and went back and set down on the bow of the skiff to rest.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)So he locked me in and took the skiff, and started off towing the raft about half-past three.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for skiff
/ (skɪf) /
any of various small boats propelled by oars, sail, or motor
Origin of skiff
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