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noun skɪfskɪf A light rowing boat or sculling boat, typically for one person. Example sentencesExamples - His boat is a small skiff with a 25 hp engine, which seriously limits how many people he can take out.
- A punt is a small, flat-bottomed skiff that is steered with a long, gondolier-style pole that grapples the muddy river bottom with the hook at its end.
- He is moderately stern, but amused when Billy stands in the skiff and waves good-bye to his merchant sailor friends.
- The other local fishermen go out and look at Santiago's skiff and measure the length of the marlin's skeleton.
- Sitting on the stern of the skiff I swung my legs into the boat then made myself comfortable in one of the padded seats.
- It was a great day out and we hope to have raised thousands to keep the skiffs up and running.
- The others were opening forward and rear compartments on their skiffs, removing tents, supplies and gear.
- They did not qualify, however, because the Scouts' canoes were not the sculling skiffs required by the rules.
- We used the skiff to slip into a narrow gap in the reef.
- The official opening of the new facility at Gill Pier was followed by an inaugural race for local skiffs.
- We shan't go another voyage on this measly skiff, Captain Gennady orated.
- They are also used as primary power for canoes, jon boats and small skiffs.
- Breakfast over, I grabbed my kit while Joel grabbed the ice chest; it was just a short walk to the skiff with its fifty horse power motor.
- It is certainly very enjoyable, a music-hall-style adaptation of the tale of three chaps in flannels traversing the Thames in a skiff.
- Using fast moving skiffs, the Coast Guard would quickly intercept the protesters to keep them from interfering with the off-loading operation.
- The next day we were to leave on an open skiff down the Paraguay River for New Germany.
- A couple of skiffs are running local dives so I haven't missed the chance to dive, only the chance to see Namena.
- There was an octagonal fountain so large you could row about it in a skiff.
- Instead of days and nights on the river in a cool rickety skiff, we get half an hour in a common rowboat.
- The 49er class of 4.9m-long skiffs was first introduced as an Olympic event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
- Still, next time I'll pilot a Thames skiff instead of driving a car!
- The skiffs were crewed by teams from pubs and clubs in the area.
- To complete my journey, first to Naa, then to Tebua, I travel with Nakibae Teuatabo's son Kabiea, who sits in the stern of our skiff.
- The ships held five long skiffs that were used for landings.
- Today the sailboats and skiffs are lost to history, along with the working vessels that carried goods to docks long gone.
- Travel is, as described by Bruce, by ‘very, very small plane or skiff.’
- A heavy skiff is launched off the seiner's stern to anchor its enormous net.
- On a moonlit June night, members of Doc's team sit on three skiffs in the lagoon's North Sound, waiting to trap the young sharks in nets.
- The next morning we motored out into the swamp in a tiny aluminum skiff.
- They also built European-style luggers and skiffs, and the pirogue, based on Indian dugout canoes.
- It is run by some very experienced guides with a large fleet of brand-new skiffs.
- We head offshore, speeding across deeper water, but another skiff off our starboard bow seems to have the same idea.
- We used our VHF radio and phoned ahead, then caught up with the Royal Polaris skiff near 11 a.m.
- My first job was handline fishing for mackerel off Kilkeel in a skiff I owned with my brother.
- These small craft are called skiffs, and are collapsible.
- Far more satisfying, however, was picking off the slower vessels that had started before us: the lumbering dories, skiffs, and wherries.
- There are 160 German naval personnel in Mombasa monitoring the Horn of Africa, presumably for al-Qaeda skiffs and pirate ships.
- Tugs and skiffs sprawl, black on the multicoloured Thames.
- The sleek Graght skiff had no trouble matching them move for move.
- Charles hurriedly had his friends assist him in launching his rowing skiff and went after the dolphins.
Origin Late 15th century: from French esquif, from Italian schifo, of Germanic origin; related to ship1. Rhymes biff, cliff, glyph, if, kif, miff, niff, quiff, riff, skew-whiff, sniff, spliff, stiff, tiff, whiff noun skɪfskɪf North American, Scottish A flurry or light covering of snow. a fresh skiff of snow lay on the ground Example sentencesExamples - There were passages of thin ice and skiffs of snow over black ice, and he had to be constantly on his guard.
- We were walking the land in late February, a skiff of snow still on the ground.
- The biting winds, freezing rain, and skiffs of snow felt like a judgment by God for some unfathomable sin.
- A skiff of autumn leaves blew out of the trees across the street.
- It was bitterly cold, with a thin skiff of snow holding down the dirt and dust of the streets.
Origin Early 18th century (as verb meaning 'to move lightly and quickly'): perhaps an alteration of earlier skift, or from scuff. nounskifskɪf A shallow, flat-bottomed open boat with sharp bow and square stern. Example sentencesExamples - The next morning we motored out into the swamp in a tiny aluminum skiff.
- His boat is a small skiff with a 25 hp engine, which seriously limits how many people he can take out.
- Sitting on the stern of the skiff I swung my legs into the boat then made myself comfortable in one of the padded seats.
- Breakfast over, I grabbed my kit while Joel grabbed the ice chest; it was just a short walk to the skiff with its fifty horse power motor.
- The official opening of the new facility at Gill Pier was followed by an inaugural race for local skiffs.
- Tugs and skiffs sprawl, black on the multicoloured Thames.
- These small craft are called skiffs, and are collapsible.
- We used the skiff to slip into a narrow gap in the reef.
- The next day we were to leave on an open skiff down the Paraguay River for New Germany.
- The sleek Graght skiff had no trouble matching them move for move.
- There are 160 German naval personnel in Mombasa monitoring the Horn of Africa, presumably for al-Qaeda skiffs and pirate ships.
- They also built European-style luggers and skiffs, and the pirogue, based on Indian dugout canoes.
- On a moonlit June night, members of Doc's team sit on three skiffs in the lagoon's North Sound, waiting to trap the young sharks in nets.
- They did not qualify, however, because the Scouts' canoes were not the sculling skiffs required by the rules.
- We used our VHF radio and phoned ahead, then caught up with the Royal Polaris skiff near 11 a.m.
- My first job was handline fishing for mackerel off Kilkeel in a skiff I owned with my brother.
- A heavy skiff is launched off the seiner's stern to anchor its enormous net.
- He is moderately stern, but amused when Billy stands in the skiff and waves good-bye to his merchant sailor friends.
- Charles hurriedly had his friends assist him in launching his rowing skiff and went after the dolphins.
- The others were opening forward and rear compartments on their skiffs, removing tents, supplies and gear.
- The 49er class of 4.9m-long skiffs was first introduced as an Olympic event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
- We shan't go another voyage on this measly skiff, Captain Gennady orated.
- It was a great day out and we hope to have raised thousands to keep the skiffs up and running.
- There was an octagonal fountain so large you could row about it in a skiff.
- Still, next time I'll pilot a Thames skiff instead of driving a car!
- The skiffs were crewed by teams from pubs and clubs in the area.
- To complete my journey, first to Naa, then to Tebua, I travel with Nakibae Teuatabo's son Kabiea, who sits in the stern of our skiff.
- It is certainly very enjoyable, a music-hall-style adaptation of the tale of three chaps in flannels traversing the Thames in a skiff.
- We head offshore, speeding across deeper water, but another skiff off our starboard bow seems to have the same idea.
- Instead of days and nights on the river in a cool rickety skiff, we get half an hour in a common rowboat.
- Far more satisfying, however, was picking off the slower vessels that had started before us: the lumbering dories, skiffs, and wherries.
- They are also used as primary power for canoes, jon boats and small skiffs.
- The other local fishermen go out and look at Santiago's skiff and measure the length of the marlin's skeleton.
- Using fast moving skiffs, the Coast Guard would quickly intercept the protesters to keep them from interfering with the off-loading operation.
- The ships held five long skiffs that were used for landings.
- A punt is a small, flat-bottomed skiff that is steered with a long, gondolier-style pole that grapples the muddy river bottom with the hook at its end.
- Travel is, as described by Bruce, by ‘very, very small plane or skiff.’
- It is run by some very experienced guides with a large fleet of brand-new skiffs.
- Today the sailboats and skiffs are lost to history, along with the working vessels that carried goods to docks long gone.
- A couple of skiffs are running local dives so I haven't missed the chance to dive, only the chance to see Namena.
Origin Late 15th century: from French esquif, from Italian schifo, of Germanic origin; related to ship. nounskifskɪf North American, Scottish A flurry or light covering of snow. a fresh skiff of snow lay on the ground Example sentencesExamples - The biting winds, freezing rain, and skiffs of snow felt like a judgment by God for some unfathomable sin.
- It was bitterly cold, with a thin skiff of snow holding down the dirt and dust of the streets.
- A skiff of autumn leaves blew out of the trees across the street.
- There were passages of thin ice and skiffs of snow over black ice, and he had to be constantly on his guard.
- We were walking the land in late February, a skiff of snow still on the ground.
Origin Early 18th century (as verb meaning ‘to move lightly and quickly’): perhaps an alteration of earlier skift, or from scuff. |