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Skin



Skin (Pronounced: skihn)

Noun

  1. The outer covering of living tissue over the bones, blood and internal organs of a person. ("He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.")
  2. A covering over a liquid (see also film). ("In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you'll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.")
  3. A very small amount of margin for error, or small likelihood of success. ("We'll probably just make it by the skin of our teeth.")
  4. A pornographic or adult movie. ("It's a skin flick.")
  5. A replacement image for the graphical user interface of a computer program. ("You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.")

Verb

  1. To injure or damage the skin. [Definition 1 above.] ("He fell off his bike onto the concrete sidewalk, it made him skin his knee.") Sometimes used in plural. ("He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the sidewalk.")
  2. To use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of a computer program. ("Can I skin the program to put the picture of my cat on it?")
  3. To remove the fur of an animal. ("There is more than one way to skin a cat.")
  4. (Slang) To shake hands, or to smack or clap one's hand on someone else's hand. ("Give me some skin, brother.")
  5. (Slang) To expose the legs (especially the thigh) or other intimate areas of the body. ("Use a more revealling dress, show some skin.")



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