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
- To the first little "shiner" we caught with a pin!
- Add a cold shiner bock and I'll be fat and happy ...
- Even the guy with the shiner is having an absolute blast!
- I hope you are feeling well and that your shiner is fading.
- 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.
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