shiner
See also: Shiner
English
Etymology
From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).
Pronunciation
Noun
shiner (plural shiners)
- One who shines; a luminary.
- One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
- (colloquial) A black eye.
- coon eyes
- (slang, dated) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
- 1776, Samuel Foote, The Capuchin:
- Has she the shiners, d'ye think?
- Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., and allied genera, such as the redfin.
- Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
- The common silverfish, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
- (slang) A moonshiner.
- A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.
Derived terms
- beautiful shiner
- bigeye shiner
- bigmouth shiner
- blackchin shiner
- blacknose shiner
- blacktail shiner
- blueside shiner
- bridle shiner
- carmine shiner
- comely shiner
- emerald shiner
- Kiamichi shiner
- palezone shiner
- redlip shiner
- red shiner
- red-striped shiner
- rosefin shiner
- sand shiner
- scarlet shiner
- sharpnose shiner
- silverband shiner
- swallowtail shiner
- Tennessee shiner
Translations
black eye — see black eye
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