skiff

English - Turkish

Definition of skiff in English Turkish dictionary: (Askeri) futa; tek kişilik ufak kayık; sandal; {i} hafif kayık; {i} yarış kayığı; {i} iskif; hafif yelkenli filika; {i} kik; hafif sandal; i., den. skif; skif

English - English

Definition of skiff in English English dictionary: Used when referring to anyone (typically rednecks and fishermen) who has a degree of intelligence, but believes they are more than they actually are; A light wind/rain/snow, etc
A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back.; A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern; Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person; usually, a small light boat propelled by oars; {n} a kind of small light boat, a shallop; {i} small flat-bottomed boat propelled by oars or small sails; A skiff is a small light rowing boat or sailing boat, which usually has room for only one person. A flatbottom open boat of shallow draft, having a pointed bow and a square stern and propelled by oars, sail, or motor. a small light boat for one person (esquif, from schifo); A small, light boat; any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor; To navigate in a skiff
mackinaw skiff: A shooner-rigged boat once used on the Great Lakes
mackinaw skiff: A cargo boat, with a large flat bottom and sharp ends, formerly used on the Great Lakes and the Missouri River (to a lesser extent, elsewhere)
racing skiff: a shell for a single oarsman
skiffs: plural of skiff

skiff

Turkish pronunciation

skîf

/ˈskəf/ /ˈskɪf/

() Middle English skif (1575), from Old French esquif (1549), from Old Italian schifo (“small boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipan. Cognate with ship.

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