Skiff

Quick meaning: Skiff is a noun meaning A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.

Meaning

A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.

More Meanings

1. Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
2. (nautical, transitive) To navigate in a skiff.
3. A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.
4. A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
5. An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
6. To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.
7. (dialectal, of rain or snow) To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).

Example Sentences

A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back.

A little on again, off again, skiff of rain made the road slippery in spots.

I went alone into a Shepherd's boat, A skiff that to a willow-tree was tied Within a rocky cave, its usual home […]

Graceful old houses stand by the edge of the Great Ouse and gaze down at the houseboats, skiffs and motor-cruisers that moor there.

Word Forms

• skiffs
• skiffing
• skiffed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dinghy, boat, motorboat, barge, watercraft, vessel.

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