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shiner

shin·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shahy-ner]
    • /ˈʃaɪ nər/
    • /ˈʃaɪ.nər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shahy-ner]
    • /ˈʃaɪ nər/

Definitions of shiner word

  • noun shiner a person or thing that shines. 1
  • noun shiner Slang. black eye (def 1). 1
  • noun shiner any of various small American freshwater fishes having glistening scales, especially a minnow. 1
  • noun shiner any of various silvery, marine fishes, as the menhaden or butterfish. 1
  • noun shiner a defect in silk or synthetic filament or fabric, produced either in the process of winding or as a result of shuttle friction and appearing on fabric as a shiny streak. 1
  • noun shiner bruising around the eye 1
See all 13 definitions of shiner

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Origin of shiner

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; 1900-05 for def 2; Middle English; see shine1, -er1

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Parts of speech for Shiner

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Shiner

shiner popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for shiner

noun shiner

  • black eye — If someone has a black eye, they have a dark-coloured bruise around their eye.
  • contusion — A contusion is a bruise.
All 2 Synonyms of shiner

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Related words

  • noctiluca

    a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.

  • shiner perch

    a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.

  • baitfish

    any small fish used as bait for larger fish

  • golden shiner

    a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.

  • redfin

    any of various small freshwater minnows with red fins, especially a shiner, Notropis umbratilis, of streams in central North America.

  • roach

    Maxwell ("Max") 1924–2007, U.S. jazz drummer and bandleader.
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