skinner
/ˈskɪnɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
noun
An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
Slang
name
A surname originating as an occupation.
name
An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈskɪnɚ/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.