skins

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɪnz/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnz
  • Audio (UK):(file)

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

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Verb

skins

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skin

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Dutch

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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