shiner
IPA: ʃˈaɪnɝ
noun
- One who shines; a luminary.
- One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
- (colloquial) A black eye.
- (colloquial) Raccoon eyes.
- (slang, dated) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
- 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.
- (slang) A moonshiner.
- A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.
- (wine) A bottle of finished wine, without a label.
- A surname.
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Examples of "shiner" in Sentences
- Literally oily shiner of the north.
- She's probably gonna have a shiner.
- The discography of Shiner, an indie rock band.
- This is a shiner version of the normal template.
- The Tennessee shiner reaches a maximum length of.
- The Tennessee shiner reaches a maximum length of .
- To the first little "shiner" we caught with a pin!
- Add a cold shiner bock and I'll be fat and happy ...
- This species of shiner was not discovered until 1962.
- Even the guy with the shiner is having an absolute blast!
- The golden shiner and the fathead minnow are rarely found.
- For bait, the most common minnows are Fatheads and shiners.
- I hope you are feeling well and that your shiner is fading.
- The Carmine Shiner is a member of the Minnow family, Cyprinidae.
- It was indeed a "shiner" of aggravated aspect, and Isidore cringed as it met his affrighted gaze.
- But planners learned this month that the pond falls within the endangered species program's zone of concern for the bridle shiner, meaning the area where state environmental officers believe the species inhabits.
- Yes | No | Report from creswell wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago whatever sized shiner is appropriate for the fish your targeting on the smallest jig to reach the desired depth, also jigs tied with marabou has been succesful in the past
- He comments that a patient might talk of a "shiner" whereas a doctor (holy of holies) would speak of a "periorbital ecchymosis," which is true only if you could imagine a doctor referring to cephalalgia instead of a headache or odontalgia instead of a toothache.