skiff

[ skif ]

/ skɪf /

Save This Word!

noun

any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Origin of skiff

1565–75; <early Italian schifo<Old High German scifship¹

OTHER WORDS FROM skiff

skiffless, adjective

Words nearby skiff

skied, Skien, skier, skies, skiey, skiff, skiffle, skiing, skijoring, ski jump, ski jumping

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|Time
The 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 Post
The thrust was nervous and ill-calculated, and the next instant the skiff had blundered under the bows of the launch.
Uncanny Tales|Various
Coming to the first of the dim shapes, he grasped it and thereby propelled the skiff to another beyond.
Dope|Sax Rohmer

So 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

skiff

/ (skɪf) /

noun

any of various small boats propelled by oars, sail, or motor

Word Origin for skiff

C18: from French esquif, from Old Italian schifo a boat, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German schif ship

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

skiff

Origin of skiff

OTHER WORDS FROM skiff

Words nearby skiff

Words related to skiff

How to use skiff in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for skiff

Word Origin for skiff