Definition of skipjack Skipjack

/skɪˈpʤæˌk/ - [skipjak] - skip•jack

We found 15 definitions of skipjack from 5 different sources.

What does skipjack mean?

Noun Plural: skipjacks
skipjack - medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
		Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda
		bonito any of various scombroid fishes intermediate in size and characteristics between mackerels and tunas
skipjack - oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
		skipjack tuna, Euthynnus pelamis
		scombroid, scombroid fish important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
skipjack - able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound
		click beetle, snapping beetle

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skipjack (Noun)
Any of several unrelated fish.
skipjack (Noun)
Several of the genus resembling tuna; Katsuwonus pelamis .
skipjack (Noun)
Others: the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
skipjack (Noun)
An upstart.
skipjack (Noun)
An elaterid; a click beetle .
skipjack (Noun)
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section .

skipjack (n.)
An upstart.
skipjack (n.)
An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
skipjack (n.)
A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
skipjack (n.)
A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.