Usually means: Acting as captain of a boat.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word skippering:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. skippering: Merriam-Webster
  2. skippering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. skippering: Vocabulary.com
  4. skippering: Wordnik
  5. skippering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. skippering: Wiktionary
  7. skippering: Dictionary.com
  8. skippering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. skippering: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. skippering: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Skippering: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See skipper as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Skipper)

noun:  (nautical) The master of a ship.
noun:  A coach, director, or other leader.
noun:  (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
verb:  (transitive) To captain a ship or a sports team.
noun:  A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
noun:  (sports) One who jumps rope.
noun:  Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
noun:  Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira (Pacific saury) and Sprattus sprattus (European sprat).
noun:  (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
noun:  The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.
noun:  A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.
verb:  (intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
noun:  (South Africa) A short-sleeved (or long-sleeved) tee-shirt, or sweatshirt.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A male given name.
▸ Also see skipper


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