A Skipper

1. Agent noun of skip: one who skips.
2. A person who skips, or fails to attend class.
3. Any of various butterflies of the families Hesperiidae and its subfamily Megathyminae, having a hairy mothlike body, hooked tips on the antennae, and a darting flight pattern.
4. Any of several marine fishes that often leap above water, especially *Cololabis saira*, the Pacific saury.
5. (obsolete) A young, thoughtless person.
6. The cheese maggot, the larva of a cheese fly (family Piophilidae),