skinful
skin·ful/ˈskɪnfəl/noun
skinful is spelled S-K-I-N-F-U-L: 7 letters and 2 syllables (skin·ful). It appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skinful means “Enough to fill a skin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skinful is skinfuls or skinsful.
How many letters and syllables are in skinful?
| Letters | 7: S-K-I-N-F-U-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: skin·ful |
| In writing | about once in every 85 million words; the 293,966th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is skinful?
Skinful appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skinful?
- /ˈskɪnfəl/
Skinful has 2 syllables, split skin·ful in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-skinful.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skinful
- skinfuls plural
- skinsful plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skinful mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Enough to fill a skin.
a skinful of wine
- 2
colloquialEnough alcoholic drink to cause inebriation.
I wasn't thinking straight – I'd had a skinful that night.
- 3
slangPlenty; a large amount.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skinful come from?
From skin + -ful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).