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# skipjack

noun (skipjack, skipjacks)

«skipjack» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#m1)
2. In the tale, the name of a fish who is thought unable to jump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the lessons the Skipjack is a fish character; the name shows he is expected to leap, and people doubt he can

### Examples

- A skipjack is a fish that often leaps out of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#x1)
- The skipjack stood a long time thinking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#x2)
- Everyone thought the skipjack could not jump at all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «skipjack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«skipjack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/skipjack.html) on Mova free.