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
Indoor rowing doesn’t have quite the same charm of being in a skiff on a river (sigh, if only), but the best rowing machine will still give you a great workout right at home.
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 May 2025
Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Cruising through the tributaries with skiffs or kayaks gives travelers close-up access to the wildlife of this remote area.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Watkins eased our skiff through a mangrove swamp of squawking and soaring red-footed boobies and frigatebirds numbering in the tens of thousands.
—Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
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Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 May 2025
Beyond, two men in straw hats share a skiff, an image of blissful communion.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 May 2025
Cruising through the tributaries with skiffs or kayaks gives travelers close-up access to the wildlife of this remote area.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Watkins eased our skiff through a mangrove swamp of squawking and soaring red-footed boobies and frigatebirds numbering in the tens of thousands.
—Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skiff
Noun
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Kayaks, canoes and stand up paddleboards are also available to take out.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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In Ellabell, where golf courses and canoe outposts define the local economy, the megasite looms both as a beacon of opportunity and a source of tension.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Later phases will include a disc golf course, a dog park, fishing piers, kayak and paddleboard access, a bird watching area, a hammock pole area and a lake deck, according to Rawn.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Sep. 2025
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The girl’s mom got into a kayak, paddled out to the sinking canoe and rescued her daughter, but her boyfriend went underwater, deputies said.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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The local media loved this and similar stunts the group pulled, such as attaching wings to bicycles, attempting to fly over the river, and towing bicycles on rafts behind canoes.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Little ones will love Ketchakiddee Creek’s mini slides and splash zones, while thrill seekers can take on the Surf Pool, North America’s largest wave pool, or join the whole family on a giant raft adventure through Miss Adventure Falls.—
Martie Bowser,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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The same year the Earl of Chatham was discovered in Scotland, a storm in Massachusetts exposed a wrecked schooner from 1909, another on North Carolina’s Outer Banks’s revealed the remains of a boat from 1919 and storms in Maine resurfaced yet another 18th century vessel on a beach.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 Aug. 2025
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The source is a wooden schooner named the James R. Bentley that's been sitting in Lake Huron for nearly 150 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In July, Aniston was spotted enjoying a yacht trip off the coast of Mallorca — where she was joined by friends including Jason Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka — and Curtis was with her for the vacation.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Fires on yachts have been in the news.—
Rachel Ingram,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Several of the fallen containers struck a smaller clean air barge that was connected to the Mississippi at the time of the accident.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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The production is planning to anchor a 100-foot-barge in Brooklyn Monday for a launch event, in addition to guerilla art installations throughout the week.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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Kneeling beside a stream 30 miles north of McCall in late August, Emmit Taylor Jr. watched two Chinook salmon scull upstream.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Feb. 2025
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British rower Imogen Grant — who won gold with Emily Craig in the women's lightweight double sculls on Aug. 2 — offered an in-depth look at the special display box and certificate that athletes are given to store their Olympic medals in a video shared on TikTok.—
Natasha Dye,
Peoplemag,
23 Sep. 2024
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“Skiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skiff. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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