skiff meaning

Definition of skiff

1. any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor

   Type of: small boat

   Kinds: sampan

skiff in a sentence

• I think I see a skiff on the horizon.
• Tom fishes alone in a skiff.

How to pronounce skiff

skiff is pronounced /skɪf/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with skiff

• stiff
• sniff
• cliff
• whiff
• biff
• riff
• tiff
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