skinful

skin·ful

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [skin-foo l]
- /ˈskɪn fʊl/
- /ˈskɪn.fʊl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skin-foo l]
- /ˈskɪn fʊl/

Definitions of skinful word

noun plural skinful the amount that a skin container can hold. 1
noun plural skinful Informal. a large or satisfying amount of food and drink. 1
noun plural skinful Informal. an amount of liquor sufficient to make a person drunk. 1
noun skinful sufficient alcoholic drink to make one drunk (esp in the phrase have a skinful) 0
noun skinful as much as a skin container can hold 0
noun skinful as much as the stomach can hold 0

See all 7 definitions of skinful

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Origin of skinful

First appearance:

before 1640

One of the 44% oldest English words

First recorded in 1640-50; skin + -ful

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Parts of speech for Skinful

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Skinful

skinful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

skinful usage trend in Literature

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