Skipjack1. (n.) An upstart.
2. (n.) An elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
3. (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.
4. (n.) A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.
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