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Skinless
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| skin (skɪn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the tissue forming the outer covering of the vertebrate body: it consists of two layers (the dermis and epidermis), the outermost of which may be covered with hair, scales, feathers, etc. It is mainly protective and sensory in function |
| b. dermis See also epidermis (as modifier): a skin disease Related: cutaneous, dermatoid | |
| 2. | a person's complexion: a fair skin |
| 3. | any similar covering in a plant or lower animal |
| 4. | any coating or film, such as one that forms on the surface of a liquid |
| 5. | Compare hide unsplit leather made from the outer covering of various mammals, reptiles, etc |
| 6. | the outer covering of a fur-bearing animal, dressed and finished with the hair on |
| 7. | a container made from animal skin |
| 8. | the outer covering surface of a vessel, rocket, etc |
| 9. | a person's skin regarded as his life: to save one's skin |
| 10. | informal (often plural) (in jazz or pop use) a drum |
| 11. | informal short for skinhead |
| 12. | slang a cigarette paper used for rolling a cannabis cigarette |
| 13. | slang (Irish) a person; sort: he's a good old skin |
| 14. | by the skin of one's teeth by a narrow margin; only just |
| 15. | informal get under one's skin to irritate one |
| 16. | jump out of one's skin to be very startled |
| 17. | informal no skin off one's nose not a matter that affects one adversely |
| 18. | skin and bone extremely thin |
| 19. | thick skin an insensitive nature |
| 20. | thin skin a sensitive nature |
| —vb , skins, skinning, skinned | |
| 21. | (tr) to remove the outer covering from (fruit, etc) |
| 22. | (tr) to scrape a small piece of skin from (a part of oneself) in falling, etc: he skinned his knee |
| 23. | ( |
| 24. | slang (tr) to strip of money; swindle |
| —adj | |
| 25. | relating to or for the skin: skin cream |
| 26. | slang chiefly (US) involving or depicting nudity: skin magazines |
| Related: cutaneous, dermatoid | |
| [Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn] | |
| 'skinless | |
| —adj | |
| 'skinlike | |
| —adj | |
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