skiff

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English - Turkish
(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
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

    Pronunciation

    /ˈskəf/ /ˈskɪf/

    Etymology

    () 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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