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reskinning

reskinning is the present participle and gerund of reskin.

Meaning of reskin

Verb

reskin (third-person singular simple present reskins, present participle reskinning, simple past and past participle reskinned)

  1. (transitive) To replace or repair the skin of a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc., especially so as to market the same car under different brands
    • A row of original, large and life-expired MoD 'wriggly tin' Nissen huts close to the Rail Live entrance haven't simply been reskinned, they have been replaced with new, modern equivalents to the original design.2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “The Rail Live story...”, in RAIL, number 984, page 36
  2. (transitive) To change the skin, or visual appearance, of an application or a video game character etc.
    • The editor can be reskinned. In other words, the color scheme and look and feel of the buttons can be changed.2007, Quentin Zervaas, Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP, page 291

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Questions about reskinning

What is reskinning the present participle and gerund of?
Reskinning is the present participle and gerund of reskin.

Words near reskinning in the dictionary

  1. reskimming
  2. reskims
  3. reskin
  4. reskinnable
  5. reskinned
  6. reskinning
  7. Reskinoff
  8. reskins
  9. reskue
  10. reskued
  11. reskues

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