skinner
noun
skinner is spelled S-K-I-N-N-E-R: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skinner means “Someone who skins animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skinner is skinners.
How many letters and syllables are in skinner?
| Letters | 7: S-K-I-N-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is skinner?
Skinner appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 skinner?
- Australia
Skinner has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-skinner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skinner
- skinners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skinner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone who skins animals.
- 2
A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.
- 3
A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.
- 4
One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.
- 5
CanadaderogatoryslangA child sexual abuser.
- 6
slangAn instance of skinning the lamb, i.e. a bookmaker winning all of his bets where nobody backed the winner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skinner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense someone who skins animals:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | écorcheur, écorcheuse |
| Spanish | desollador |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skinner come from?
From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).