skipjack
noun
any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
skipjacks
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pluralof skipjack.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They passed through the military gates, along a dirt road and onto the shore of a little cove, next to one of America’s deepest harbors, where skipjacks flipped out of the aquamarine water.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Standing at the shores of the little bay, Roy pointed out the skipjacks, still flipping.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
And duckpin bowling is as Maryland as skipjacks and Old Bay.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2022
They cranked rap to buoy spirits as they fished with 5-pound skipjacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2019
For instance, transverse tie rods are used in the large Chesapeake Bay "skipjacks," and Chesapeake motorboats still have round, vertically staved sterns, as do the "Hatteras boats" used on the Carolina Sounds.
From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle
