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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Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Enjoy the Outdoors For more wildlife encounters, check out Hunters Springs Park, a public park complete with a small beach, swimming area, canoe and kayak launch, and a boardwalk along the waterway that's ideal for bird spotting.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The paddlers selected for the Klamath journey completed a rigorous three-year regimen, starting with a two-and-a-half-week kayak and river advocacy training program for 15 Indigenous youths from the Klamath Basin, followed by weekend kayaking trips and kayak roll training.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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With 24 hours of daylight, visitors can hike in the surrounding mountains long after midnight or take a kayak out on glassy fjords under the golden glow of the sun.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
1 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
Noun
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Design firm Yabu Pushelberg created interiors that feel more like a private yacht than a city hotel.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Those sailing aboard The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s 226-suite Luminara yacht can count Singapore as a spectacular port of call.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
3 Sep. 2025
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Other soybeans continue their journey to global markets, moving through the heartland by rail or barge to ports, then across oceans.—
Gary McGuigan,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The decommissioned Navy barge from the outside.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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 10 Sep. 2025.
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