Meaning

12 senses
  1. One who shines; a luminary.

    something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)

  2. One who causes things to shine; a polisher.

  3. (colloquial)A black eye.

    a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

  4. (colloquial)Raccoon eyes.

  5. (dated, slang)A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.

  6. Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.

    any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

  7. Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.

  8. A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma.

  9. (slang)A moonshiner.

  10. A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.

  11. A bottle of finished wine, without a label.

  12. A brick that is laid on its tallest, thinnest side, with its largest face facing the outside of the wall (oriented so that this face is wider than it is tall).

Examples

2 sentences
  1. That's quite a shiner.

    ruНу и фонарь у тебя под глазом. — Wezel

  2. How'd you get that shiner?

Origin

From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one

From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”).

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Forms

plural: shiners
Singularshiner
Pluralshiners

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye:black eyemouse
  • important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales:common mackerelScomber scombrus

Word family

7 related words

See also

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