skins

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɪnz/
• Rhymes: -ɪnz

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Noun

skins

1. plural of skin

the skins pl (plural only)

1. (slang, music) The drums.
   • 1973, Chester B. Himes, Black on Black, Baby Sister and Selected Writings, page 46:

     If I had my rathers I'd make up my own band. Art Blakey on the skins, Charlie Mingus on the bass, John Coltrane on the sax, Harry Edison on the horn-

   • 2005, Jonathan Falla, Poor Mercy: A Novel, Birlinn, page 195:

     Two women sat whacking the skins with long whippy sticks, whining a song

See also

• shirts and skins

Verb

skins

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skin

Anagrams

• Sinks, sinks

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

skins

1. plural of skin

Icelandic

Noun

skins

1. indefinite genitive singular of skin

Portuguese

Noun

skins

1. plural of skin