Skins

//skɪnz// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of skin form-of, plural
  2. 2
    The drums. plural, plural-only, slang

    "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-"

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

Synonyms

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buffcoatcuticledermisdrumfell

Example

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"They were beasts in human skins and not true men at all."

Related phrases

shirts and skins

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