"shiner" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-au-shiner.ogg [Australia] Forms: shiners [plural]
enPR: shīn'ə(r) Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English schyner, equivalent to shine + -er. Compare Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schyner}} Middle English schyner, {{suf|en|shine|er|id2=agent noun}} shine + -er, {{cog|ang|sċīnere|t=one who produces deceptive appearances, magician}} Old English sċīnere (“one who produces deceptive appearances, magician”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} shiner (plural shiners)
  1. One who shines; a luminary.
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-lpxpTR9A
  2. One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-OvFO~Uyo
  3. (colloquial) A black eye. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Eye, Injuries, People
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-Sg0q2muT Disambiguation of Eye: 3 3 60 15 0 3 2 3 4 5 2 Disambiguation of Injuries: 5 4 58 12 0 3 2 4 4 6 2 Disambiguation of People: 25 20 39 3 0 3 0 7 0 4 0
  4. (colloquial) Raccoon eyes. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Money Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-UEYu9Evd Disambiguation of Money: 5 4 6 26 10 9 5 8 8 13 6 Disambiguation of Insects: 5 5 4 29 1 8 6 11 10 15 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 1 32 0 8 6 8 11 17 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 6 5 5 30 1 8 6 9 10 14 5
  5. (slang, dated) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-Jr0gVLmF
  6. Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-QJiSmEWJ
  7. Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish. Categories (lifeform): Fish, Leuciscine fish
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-cr9pvBkC Disambiguation of Fish: 3 3 2 20 1 9 37 8 6 8 3 Disambiguation of Leuciscine fish: 3 3 3 20 1 9 32 9 6 9 4
  8. A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma.
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-N6PIWGy0
  9. (slang) A moonshiner. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-en:moonshiner__alcohol_maker
  10. A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games. Synonyms: convex
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-tBJbBbac
  11. (wine) A bottle of finished wine, without a label. Categories (topical): Wine
    Sense id: en-shiner-en-noun-D-~fOKAB Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beautiful shiner (taxonomic: Cyprinella formosa), bigeye shiner (taxonomic: Notropis boops), bigmouth shiner (taxonomic: Notropis dorsalis), blackchin shiner (taxonomic: Notropis heterodon), blacknose shiner (taxonomic: Notropis heterolepis), blacktail shiner (taxonomic: Cyprinella venusta), blueside shiner (alt: Lythrurus ardens), bridle shiner (taxonomic: Notropis bifrenatus), carmine shiner (taxonomic: Notropis percobromus), comely shiner (taxonomic: Notropis amoenus), common shiner (taxonomic: Luxilus cornutus), eastern shiner (alt: esp. Notropis dorsalis) (taxonomic: Notropis spp.), emerald shiner (taxonomic: Notropis atherinoides), finescale shiner (alt: Lythrurus spp.), flagfin shiner (alt: Pteronotropis spp.), golden shiner (taxonomic: Notemigonus crysoleucas), highscale shiner (taxonomic: Luxilus spp.), Kiamichi shiner (taxonomic: Notropis ortenburgeri), palezone shiner (taxonomic: Notropis albizonatus), phantom shiner (taxonomic: Notropis orca), redlip shiner (taxonomic: Notropis chiliticus), red shiner (taxonomic: Cyprinella lutrensis), redside shiner (taxonomic: Richardsonius spp.), red-striped shiner (taxonomic: Richardsonius egregius), rosefin shiner (alt: Lythrurus ardens), sand shiner (taxonomic: Notropis stramineus), satinfin shiner (taxonomic: Cyprinella spp.), scarlet shiner (alt: Lythrurus fasciolaris), sharpnose shiner (taxonomic: Notropis oxyrhynchus), shiner perch (taxonomic: Cymatogaster aggregata), silverband shiner (taxonomic: Notropis shumardi), spottail shiner, swallowtail shiner (taxonomic: Notropis procne), Tennessee shiner (taxonomic: Notropis leuciodus)

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        "Raccoon eyes."
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        "(colloquial) Raccoon eyes."
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          "ref": "1776, Samuel Foote, The Capuchin",
          "text": "Has she the shiners, d'ye think?",
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          "ref": "1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 30",
          "text": "She may be generally found in the fore part of the day at her lodgings above mentioned, where a brace of shiners will ensure you the possession of charms above their value, cent per cent.",
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      "taxonomic": "Notropis heterodon",
      "word": "blackchin shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis heterolepis",
      "word": "blacknose shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cyprinella venusta",
      "word": "blacktail shiner"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Lythrurus ardens",
      "word": "blueside shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis bifrenatus",
      "word": "bridle shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis percobromus",
      "word": "carmine shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis amoenus",
      "word": "comely shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Luxilus cornutus",
      "word": "common shiner"
    },
    {
      "alt": "esp. Notropis dorsalis",
      "taxonomic": "Notropis spp.",
      "word": "eastern shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis atherinoides",
      "word": "emerald shiner"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Lythrurus spp.",
      "word": "finescale shiner"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Pteronotropis spp.",
      "word": "flagfin shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notemigonus crysoleucas",
      "word": "golden shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Luxilus spp.",
      "word": "highscale shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis ortenburgeri",
      "word": "Kiamichi shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis albizonatus",
      "word": "palezone shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis orca",
      "word": "phantom shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis chiliticus",
      "word": "redlip shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cyprinella lutrensis",
      "word": "red shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Richardsonius spp.",
      "word": "redside shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Richardsonius egregius",
      "word": "red-striped shiner"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Lythrurus ardens",
      "word": "rosefin shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis stramineus",
      "word": "sand shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cyprinella spp.",
      "word": "satinfin shiner"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Lythrurus fasciolaris",
      "word": "scarlet shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis oxyrhynchus",
      "word": "sharpnose shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cymatogaster aggregata",
      "word": "shiner perch"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis shumardi",
      "word": "silverband shiner"
    },
    {
      "word": "spottail shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis procne",
      "word": "swallowtail shiner"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Notropis leuciodus",
      "word": "Tennessee shiner"
    }
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    },
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        "A black eye."
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      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Raccoon eyes."
      ],
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        "(colloquial) Raccoon eyes."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1776, Samuel Foote, The Capuchin",
          "text": "Has she the shiners, d'ye think?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1789, Harris's List of Covent-Garden Ladies, London: H. Ranger, page 30",
          "text": "She may be generally found in the fore part of the day at her lodgings above mentioned, where a brace of shiners will ensure you the possession of charms above their value, cent per cent.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign."
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          "money"
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        [
          "sovereign",
          "sovereign"
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        "(slang, dated) A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign."
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        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)"
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        "Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin."
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          "species"
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          "fish"
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          "Notropis",
          "Notropis#Translingual"
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          "genus"
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish."
      ],
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        [
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          "silvery"
        ],
        [
          "fish",
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          "horsefish",
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        [
          "menhaden",
          "menhaden"
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          "moonfish",
          "moonfish"
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      ]
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      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
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        "A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma."
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      "categories": [
        "English slang"
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      "glosses": [
        "A moonshiner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moonshiner",
          "moonshiner"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A moonshiner."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:moonshiner, alcohol maker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "ref": "2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #258: Casino Carnage",
          "text": "Fargo wasn't sure what difference it made if one gambler passed something to another, unless it was to be used in cheating, a shiner maybe. But nobody at that table would let a shiner pass.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games."
      ],
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        [
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          "reflective"
        ],
        [
          "surface",
          "surface"
        ],
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
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        [
          "card game",
          "card game"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "convex"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Wine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, James Laube, “Shiners Are a Secret Part of the Wine Business”, in Wine Spectator",
          "text": "Shiners are a big part of the wine business. […] Shiners are finished, bottled wines that don’t have a label or typically any other identifying feature until a vintner purchases them and then places a label on the bottles. […] They’re called shiners because they are unlabeled and have a “shiny” appearance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bottle of finished wine, without a label."
      ],
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        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
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      ],
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        "(wine) A bottle of finished wine, without a label."
      ],
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        "beverages",
        "food",
        "lifestyle",
        "oenology",
        "wine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃaɪnə(ɹ)/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪnə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-shiner.ogg/En-au-shiner.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-shiner.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "shīn'ə(r)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shiner"
}

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