skinner
verb/ˈskɪnə(r)/
/ˈskɪnər/
(also skinder)
(South African English, informal) [intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they skinner | /ˈskɪnə(r)/ /ˈskɪnər/ |
| he / she / it skinners | /ˈskɪnəz/ /ˈskɪnərz/ |
| past simple skinnered | /ˈskɪnəd/ /ˈskɪnərd/ |
| past participle skinnered | /ˈskɪnəd/ /ˈskɪnərd/ |
| -ing form skinnering | /ˈskɪnərɪŋ/ /ˈskɪnərɪŋ/ |
- to talk about other people's private lives, often including details which may not be trueWord OriginFrom Afrikaans skinder ‘to slander, gossip’.
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