skin
- noun
- /skɪn/
- Slang
- Danny and the other skins were walking down the middle of the street, drinking beer, oblivious to traffic.
Examples
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I have known some Hammer skins and know for a fact that they are violent.
Blog text (2) -
Avi, there are anti-racist skins.
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Then, just as suddenly, the skin-headed man ran off into the dark.
Fiction book (1999) -
Orange County skins were laid-back dropouts in their teens and twenties, surfers, skateboarders, and potheads.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the crowd, I spotted a skin wearing a distinctive jacket with bold patches.
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The skins gathered at the park to discuss their plans for the weekend.
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Many of the skins have rejected the extremist views associated with their subculture.
Synonyms
A person with very short hair in a youth group often known for clothes and political views
Idioms
- Offensive
To scold or punish someone severely to show strong anger, not a real action
- Informal
To annoy someone a lot by small things another person does
Completely wet, with water going through your clothes and reaching your skin
- Informal
Cause a strong feeling of fear or disgust with a creepy physical feeling
Compounds
- Specialized
A small living part of the skin that makes it and helps protect the body
- Specialized
A piece of healthy skin taken from one body part and placed on damaged skin to help it heal
- US
A crisp shell of potato peel fried or baked and topped with melted cheese and bacon
- Specialized
A medical test that puts a small amount of something on the skin to check for allergy or past infection
- Specialized
Change in the skin's tiny electrical activity when you feel stress or strong emotion
- Specialized
A two-layer man-made material used to replace or cover damaged skin after burns
- Specialized
A change in the skin's electrical signal when someone feels stress or strong emotion
- Specialized
A flexible man-made covering that senses touch and temperature on robot hands and replacement limbs
- Specialized
A test that checks if you have been exposed to tuberculosis bacteria by putting a small medicine under the skin
- Specialized
High-frequency electric current flows mostly near a wire's surface instead of through the whole wire
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skin as a name for a member of the group is short for skinhead, a name for people with very short hair, so the word simply points to that shaved 'head' look.