skinning

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adjective

exceptionally cold

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of skin
adjective
  1. Irelandcolloquialregarding the weatherexceptionally cold
nounskinning (plural skinnings)

plural skinnings

  1. The act of removing the skin, as for example from animals killed for meat, hides, and furs.

    I had seen many decapitations and skinnings, impalings and crucifixions […]

    2003, David T. Pudlevitcz, Blood of the Dragon

Translations

Arabic سلخ
  • سلخact of removing skin
Danish flåning
  • flåningact of removing skin
Finnish nylkeminen
  • nylkeminenact of removing skin
German Ausstoßen
  • Ausstoßenact of removing skin
Icelandic fláning
  • fláningact of removing skin
Indonesian menguliti
  • mengulitiact of removing skin
Italian scorticamento
  • scorticamentoact of removing skin
Norwegian Bokmål flåing
  • flåingact of removing skin
Swedish flåning
  • flåningact of removing skin
Vietnamese lột da
  • lột daact of removing skin
Cite this entry
APA

skinning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skinning

MLA

“skinning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skinning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skinning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skinning.

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