skippering
present participle ofskipper
skipper
verb[T]
uk/ˈskɪp.ər/us/ˈskɪp.ɚ/to be thecaptainof aboat,team,aircraft, etc.
Synonym
captain
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- harness
- haul
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- have/hold the whip handidiom
- helm
- override
- policing
- possess
- power play
- predominate
- presence
- saddle
- skipper
Examplesofskippering
skippering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
However, his first task wasskipperingthe landing pontoon, ferrying stores from ship to shore.
From theCambridge English Corpus
That is why people are spending their days in day centres and their nightsskippering.
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Something like one-third of the single homeless are living in squats and "skippering".
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His wife later told the press that he first became alarmed by the state of the oceans whenskipperingthe vessel during the record attempts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bareboat charters involve a person renting a boat or cabin andskipperingit themselves if they are renting the whole yacht.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The examination involves a demonstration ofskipperingskills, boat handling, general seamanship, navigation, safety awareness and knowledge of ship construction, ballasting, radio, radar, collision regulations, meteorology and signals.
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- unnerved
- unnerving
- unnervingly
- unneutered
- unnoticed
- unnumbered
- unobservable
- unobserved
- unobserved heterogeneity
- unobserved heterogeneity
- unobstructed
- unobstructed view
- unobtainable
- unobtrusive
- unobtrusively
- unobtrusiveness
- unoccupied
- unofficial
- unofficial action
- unofficial-action
- unofficial capacity
- unofficial channel
- unofficial estimate
- unofficial exchange rate
- unofficial-exchange-rate