shiner
/ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/
shiner noun: one who shines; a luminary.
Noun
shiner (plural shiners)
- One who shines; a luminary.
- One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
- A black eye.
- Raccoon eyes.
- A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
- Has she the shiners, d'ye think?1776, Samuel Foote, The Capuchin
- She may be generally found in the fore part of the day at her lodgings above mentioned, where a brace of shiners will ensure you the possession of charms above their value, cent per cent.1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 30
- Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.
- Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
- A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma.
- A moonshiner.
- A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.
- Fargo wasn't sure what difference it made if one gambler passed something to another, unless it was to be used in cheating, a shiner maybe. But nobody at that table would let a shiner pass.2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #258: Casino Carnage
- Synonyms:
- convex
- A bottle of finished wine, without a label.
- Shiners are a big part of the wine business. […] Shiners are finished, bottled wines that don’t have a label or typically any other identifying feature until a vintner purchases them and then places a label on the bottles. […] They’re called shiners because they are unlabeled and have a “shiny”...2008, James Laube, “Shiners Are a Secret Part of the Wine Business”, in Wine Spectator
- A brick that is laid on its tallest, thinnest side, with its largest face facing the outside of the wall (oriented so that this face is wider than it is tall).
Proper noun capitalized: Shiner
Shiner (plural Shiners)
- A surname.
shiner meaning in Tamil
shiner in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Synonyms of shiner
Forms of shiner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shiners |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Shiners |
Origin of shiner
From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).
Words formed from shiner
- beautiful shiner
- bigeye shiner
- bigmouth shiner
- blackchin shiner
- blacknose shiner
- blacktail shiner
- blueside shiner
- bridle shiner
- carmine shiner
- comely shiner
- common shiner
- eastern shiner
- emerald shiner
- finescale shiner
- flagfin shiner
- golden shiner
- highscale shiner
- Kiamichi shiner
- palezone shiner
- phantom shiner
- redlip shiner
- red shiner
- redside shiner
- red-striped shiner
- rosefin shiner
- sand shiner
- satinfin shiner
- scarlet shiner
- sharpnose shiner
- shiner perch
- shoeshiner
- silverband shiner
- spottail shiner
- swallowtail shiner
- Tennessee shiner
Words that rhyme with shiner
Questions about shiner
- What does shiner mean?
- Shiner means one who shines; a luminary.
- What is shiner in Tamil?
- Shiner in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Shiner meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shiner?
- Shiner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shiner?
- Shiner is pronounced /ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of shiner?
- The plural of shiner is shiners.
Words near shiner in the dictionary
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