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skins en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /skɪnz/

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of skin
   form of skin
2. (plural, plural-only, slang) The drums.
   • Two women sat whacking the skins with long whippy sticks, whining a song 2005, Jonathan Falla, Poor Mercy: A Novel, Birlinn, page 195:
   • 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- 1973, Chester B. Himes, Black on Black, Baby Sister and Selected Writings, page 46:

Forms

Relateds

shirts and skins

skins en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• /skɪnz/

Meanings

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of skin
   form of skin