Shiner (Noun)
Meaning 1
Any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis.
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Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 2
Important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales.
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Nouns denoting animals.
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Meaning 3
A swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The boxer's left eye was swollen shut with a nasty shiner after the fight.
- She woke up with a shiner after walking into the doorframe in the dark.
- The hockey player's shiner was so bad that he had to wear a protective mask for the rest of the game.
- After the bar fight, he had a shiner that lasted for weeks and made him look like a pirate.
- The little boy cried all the way home from school with a shiner after getting hit in the face with a stray baseball.
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Meaning 4
Something that shines (with emitted or reflected light).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).