skiff

About 0.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A small flat-bottomed open boat with a pointed bow and square stern.
2. noun Any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.
3. verb To navigate in a skiff.
4. noun A light, fleeting shower of rain or snow, or gust of wind, etc.

   A skiff of rain blew into the shed and the two men moved their chairs back.

5. noun A (typically light) dusting of snow or ice (or dust, etc) (on ground, water, trees, etc).
6. verb To fall lightly or briefly, and lightly cover the ground (etc).
7. noun An act of slightly pruning tea bushes, placing new leaves at a convenient height without removing much woody growth.
8. verb To cut (a tea bush) to maintain the plucking table.

Similar words

dinghy boat motorboat barge watercraft vessel rowboat ship outrigger raft

Often followed by

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Word family

skiffs skift