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Meanings of Skinneries:

noun

A place in which skins are held, treated, or prepared for sale; the workshop or premises of a skinner.

Meanings of Skinners:

noun

Gossip.

Usage examples:

We can catch up on the skinder

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

He wondered what his wife and her friend were skindering about

Meanings of Skinnery:

noun

A place in which skins are held, treated, or prepared for sale; the workshop or premises of a skinner.

Meanings of Skinnier:

adjective

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

Usage examples:

His skinny arms

noun

A skinny person.

Usage examples:

You "skinnies" may not understand the full scope of what's happened here.

Meanings of Skinniest:

adjective

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

Usage examples:

His skinny arms

noun

A skinny person.

Usage examples:

You "skinnies" may not understand the full scope of what's happened here.

Meanings of Skinning:

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

Present participle of skin

Meanings of Skinny:

adjective

(of a garment) tight-fitting.

Usage examples:

A skinny jumper

noun

(of a person or part of their body) unattractively thin.

Usage examples:

His skinny arms

Meanings of Skins:

noun

The thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

Usage examples:

I use body lotion to keep my skin supple

verb

Remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable).

Usage examples:

Scald and skin the tomatoes

Meanings of Skint:

adjective

(of a person) having little or no money available.

Usage examples:

I'm a bit skint just now

Meanings of Skintight:

adjective

(of a garment) very close-fitting.

Usage examples:

A skintight black sweater

Meanings of Skintle:

noun

A brick set diagonally against another; a brick designed to be used in this way.

verb

To separate and reset (half-dried bricks) at angles to each other in order to complete the drying process.

Meanings of Skintled:

noun

A brick set diagonally against another; a brick designed to be used in this way.

verb

To separate and reset (half-dried bricks) at angles to each other in order to complete the drying process.

Meanings of Skintling:

noun

The action or technique of separating half-dried bricks and resetting them at angles to each other, to allow them to dry fully.

Meanings of Skiophyte:

noun

A plant that tolerates shade or grows best in shade; a shade plant.

Meanings of Skip:

verb

Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

Usage examples:

She began to skip down the path

noun

A light, bouncing step; a skipping movement.

Usage examples:

He moved with a strange, dancing skip

Meanings of Skip-over:

phrasal verb

To avoid reading or looking at something

Usage examples:

I usually skip over the boring stuff.

Meanings of Skipjack:

noun

A small tuna with dark horizontal stripes, widely distributed throughout tropical and temperate seas.

Usage examples:

About 80 percent of exports consist of frozen, dried, and salted skipjack tuna; canned fish; dried …

Meanings of Skipjacks:

noun

A small tuna with dark horizontal stripes, widely distributed throughout tropical and temperate seas.

Usage examples:

About 80 percent of exports consist of frozen, dried, and salted skipjack tuna; canned fish; dried …

Meanings of Skippable:

adjective

(of a part or feature of something) able to be omitted or passed over so as to get to the next part or feature.

Usage examples:

If tv ads were skippable, people would skip them

Meanings of Skipped:

verb

Move along lightly, stepping from one foot to the other with a hop or bounce.

Usage examples:

She began to skip down the path

noun

A light, bouncing step; a skipping movement.

Usage examples:

He moved with a strange, dancing skip

Past simple and past participle of skip

Meanings of Skipper:

noun

The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel.

Usage examples:

The skipper and one other man were convicted of smuggling

verb

Act as captain of.

Usage examples:

The course teaches even complete beginners to skipper their own yachts

Meanings of Skippered:

verb

Act as captain of.

Usage examples:

The course teaches even complete beginners to skipper their own yachts

noun

The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel.

Usage examples:

The skipper and one other man were convicted of smuggling

Meanings of Skippering:

verb

Act as captain of.

Usage examples:

The course teaches even complete beginners to skipper their own yachts

noun

The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel.

Usage examples:

The skipper and one other man were convicted of smuggling

Meanings of Skippers:

noun

The captain of a ship or boat, especially a small trading or fishing vessel.

Usage examples:

The skipper and one other man were convicted of smuggling

verb

Act as captain of.

Usage examples:

The course teaches even complete beginners to skipper their own yachts

Meanings of Skippet:

noun

A small round wooden box used to preserve documents and seals.

Usage examples:

The seal, made of green beeswax and placed in a metal box called a skippet, hung like a pendant fro…