one who, or that which, skips.-a young, thoughtless person.-the saury (scomberesox saurus).-the cheese maggot. see cheese fly, under cheese.-any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family hesperiadae; -- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.-the master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.-a ship boy.