Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that shines, as a star, jewel, or coin.
- noun Slang A black eye.
- noun Any of numerous small, often silvery North American freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, especially one of the genus Notropis.
- noun Any of various other small silvery fishes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which shines.
- noun Hence A coin, especially a bright coin; a sovereign.
- noun One of many different small American freshwater fishes, mostly cyprinoids, as minnows, which have shining, glistening, or silvery scales.
- noun In angling, a hackle used in making an artificial fly.
- noun A fishtail, silvertail, or silverfish; any insect of the genus Lepisma. See cut under
silverfish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Slang, Slang A luminary.
- noun Slang A bright piece of money.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (
Notropis megalops ), and the goldenshiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus ) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada. - noun (Zoöl.) The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
- noun (Zoöl.) the silver moonfish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
shines ; aluminary . - noun colloquial A
black eye . - noun
coon eyes - noun slang, dated A bright piece of
money . - noun Any of numerous
species of smallfreshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Minnilus, and alliedgenera , such as theredfin . - noun Any
silvery fish , such as thehorsefish ,menhaden , ormoonfish . - noun The common Lepisma, or furniture bug.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
- noun any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
- noun a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
- noun something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
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Examples
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Yes | No | Report from creswell wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago whatever sized shiner is appropriate for the fish your targeting on the smallest jig to reach the desired depth, also jigs tied with marabou has been succesful in the past
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Yes | No | Report from creswell wrote 4 weeks 4 days ago whatever sized shiner is appropriate for the fish your targeting on the smallest jig to reach the desired depth, also jigs tied with marabou has been succesful in the past
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I hope you are feeling well and that your shiner is fading.
Mohs Nose Woes - Part 2 aka TBTAM 2008
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Even the guy with the shiner is having an absolute blast!
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It was indeed a "shiner" of aggravated aspect, and Isidore cringed as it met his affrighted gaze.
Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893
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To the first little "shiner" we caught with a pin!
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 02: Additional Poems (1837-1848) Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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But planners learned this month that the pond falls within the endangered species program's zone of concern for the bridle shiner, meaning the area where state environmental officers believe the species inhabits.
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He comments that a patient might talk of a "shiner" whereas a doctor (holy of holies) would speak of a "periorbital ecchymosis," which is true only if you could imagine a doctor referring to cephalalgia instead of a headache or odontalgia instead of a toothache.
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Add a cold shiner bock and I'll be fat and happy ...
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Add a cold shiner bock and I'll be fat and happy ...
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