Thesaurus results for SKIFF

skiff

noun

Definition of skiff

as in canoe

a small, light boat that is usually for only one person She rowed the skiff to her favorite spot on the pond and cast her line.

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Recent Examples of skiff The ship that came to the skiff's assistance was a cruise ship called the Wilderness Legacy, which towed it to Farragut Bay, according to the Alaska Beacon. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 The Wilderness Legacy, an expedition cruise ship operated by UnCruise Adventures, responded to the call and towed the skiff to Farragut Bay. — Luisa Yanez august 10, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 The cruise ship then towed the skiff back to Farragut Bay, according to the statement (Forbes has reached out to the Coast Guard and the cruise operator for further comment on the incident). — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Fishing trips from King Salmon can take many forms, from drifting the broad Naknek River in a metal skiff boat to hopping aboard a floatplane for waters that see few other anglers all season. — Bailey Berg, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skiff

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Noun

The water sports pavilion has all the gear to take advantage of the embarrassment of adventure the Caribbean has to offer, from e-foiling boards to swim flippers to canoes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
A day earlier, authorities intercepted another equally small and overcrowded canoe-like boat carrying more than 200 people.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of canoe

Noun

Ross’ personal belongings, including his cellphone, were found inside the kayak, according to a news release from the Town of Lake Waccamaw.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026
Searchers have found a body one day after an empty kayak appeared in North Carolina’s Lake Waccamaw, according to investigators.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of kayak

Noun

With bow and arrow in hand, Anghba finds his hunt for a wild boar across a riverbank interrupted by a raft floating downstream, as former tribespeople surround a jovial American preacher (Douglas Henshall), much to the chieftain’s chagrin.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Zubaydah was waterboarded more than 80 times in a month at one point and confined over 11 days in a coffin-size box, among a raft of other mistreatment, a Senate report found.

— ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of raft

Noun

In 1861, the first naval engagement since the start of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Harry Kane’s schooner sails well wide of all that poofterish fluff with buckles and straps.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of schooner

Noun

Rooms in beige and red or beige and blue have busy wallpaper—some have views of the sea, others of the yacht harbor.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
In 1966, an ambitious young businessman from Finland, Pekka Koskenkylä, decided to build yachts not from wood but out of a pioneering new material called fiberglass.

— Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of yacht

Noun

Jackson’s availability was curbed by red cards at Chelsea — in Bruges, a barge and shirt pull with defender Han-Beom Lee suggested those flickers of fury and confrontation still burn.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Within just nine months of launch, Bluecore Energy has rapidly accelerated its path toward floating nuclear power by securing a port terminal, receiving its first barge, and starting construction on a test reactor.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of barge

Noun

At the state park, a scull boat was blown into a tree near the Belle Isle Boathouse and numerous trees were uprooted or snapped.

— Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2026
There’s also the use of sculls often, such as a building shaped in the likeness of a skullhead.

— Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 19 Dec. 2025

Definition of scull

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