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# skipjack

«skipjack» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (skipjack, skipjacks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small fish that leaps out of the water, a kind of tuna. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#x1)
- The skipjack stood a long time thinking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#x2)
- Everyone thought the skipjack could not jump at all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skipjack» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skipjack/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.