skinner
US/ˈskɪnɚ/
skinner noun: someone who skins animals.
Noun
skinner (plural skinners)
- Someone who skins animals.
- A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
- A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
- One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
- A child sexual abuser.
- An instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
Proper noun capitalized: Skinner
Skinner (plural Skinners)
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- “As typical of a flu season, some areas are being harder hit than other areas,” said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.2014 January 17, Miriam Falco, “Some states hit harder by flu this year”, in CNN
- An unincorporated community in Audrain County, Missouri, United States.
skinner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
skinner in Hindi
- स्किनर
skinner in Tamil
- தோல் உரிப்பவர்
skinner in Marathi
- स्किनर, स्किन्नर
skinner in Urdu
- سکنر
More languagesFewer languages
- skinner in Bengali
- স্কিনার
- skinner in Telugu
- స్కిన్నర్
- skinner in Malayalam
- സ്കിന്നർ, സ്കീനർ
- skinner in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕಿನ್ನರ್
- skinner in Punjabi
- ਸਕਿਨਰ, ਸਕਿੰਨਰ, ਸਕਿੱਨਰ
- skinner in Gujarati
- સ્કિનર, સ્કીનર
- skinner in Odia
- ସ୍କିନର, ସ୍କିନ୍ନର୍
- skinner in Nepali
- स्किनर
- skinner in Tagalog
- tagalabos
Forms of skinner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | skinners |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Skinners |
Origin of skinner
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”).
The family surname is occupational in origin, meaning "one who prepares skins". Before becoming used as a surname the word skinner was commonly used to identify someone who treated animal skins. Alternatively, it may be borrowed from Danish and meaning "Keeper of Robes" or "skins then worn" which also hints at the historical connection to tradespeople who were involved with furs and hides.
Words formed from skinner
Phrases with skinner
Questions about skinner
- What does skinner mean?
- Skinner means someone who skins animals.
- What is skinner in Hindi?
- Skinner in Hindi is स्किनर. See Skinner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is skinner?
- Skinner can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce skinner?
- Skinner is pronounced /ˈskɪnɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of skinner?
- The plural of skinner is skinners.
Words near skinner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skinner (page history and authors); Skinner (page history and authors); skinner (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); skinner (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); skinner (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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