skipper

Agent noun of skip: one who skips.

A person who skips, or fails to attend class.

(sports) One who jumps rope.

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.

Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially Cololabis saira, the Pacific saury.

(obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.

The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae), which leaps to escape predators.