SKINS | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

late Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn; related to Dutch schinden ‘flay, peel’ and German schinden

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

thin layer of tissue forming natural outer covering of body of person or animal

• I use body lotion to keep my skin supple
• a flap of skin

the peel or outer layer of certain fruits or vegetables

peel or outer layer of fruits or vegetables

• potatoes roasted in their skins

a customized graphic user interface for an application or operating system.

customized graphic user interface for application

a skinhead

skinhead

• we were surrounded by skins with tattoos and braces

(especially in jazz) a drum or drum head.

drum

relating to or denoting pornographic literature or films

of pornographic literature or films

• the skin trade

a card game in which each player has one card which they bet will not be the first to be matched by a card dealt from the pack.

card game in which each player has one card which they bet will not be first to be matched by card dealt from pack

a unit into which an Aboriginal people is divided, typically on the basis of descent, each skin being associated with a totemic bird, animal, or insect.

unit into which Aboriginal people is divided

remove the skin from (an animal or a fruit or vegetable)

remove skin from

• scald and skin the tomatoes
• she skinned the pig and salted the carcass

take money from or swindle (someone)

take money from or swindle

• I ain't no dummy, and I know when I'm being skinned

(of a wound) form new skin

(of wound) form new skin

• the hole in his skull skinned over

(of a player) take the ball past (a defender) with ease

(of player) take ball past defender with ease

• Kanchelskis would have skinned him

make a cannabis cigarette

make cannabis cigarette

• we had a few beers and then we skinned up