shiner
English
/ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- One who shines; a luminary.
- One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
- (colloquial) A black eye.
- coon eyes
- (slang) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
- Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, , and allied genera, such as the redfin.
- Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
- The common silverfish, .
- (slang) A moonshiner.
- A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English schyner suf from English shine.
Origin
English
shine
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ashine English
- backshine English
- beshine English
- candleshine English
- coreshine English
- dewshine English
- earthshine English
- eyeshine English
- fireshine English
- intershine English
- moonshine English
- outshine English
- overshine English
- ringshine English
- shine English
- shineless English
- shinest English
- shineth English
- shiny English
- shoeshine English
- spitshine English
- starshine English
- sunshine English
- sylvanshine English
- through-shine English
- wondershine English
- schyner Middle English
- shinen Middle English