skin

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skin

1. noun, slang One's life; one's survival or self-preservation. Thanks for bringing me some extra cash—you really saved my skin, there!
2. noun, slang A cigarette paper. Do you have any spare skins? I forgot to pick up some at the gas station.
3. noun, slang Nude flesh, especially the breasts or thighs. Come on, toots, lift up your skirt and show us some skin!
4. noun, informal In video games, an alternate appearance for a character within the game. The game is free, so the developers make their money by selling various skins for a few dollars a pop.
5. adjective, slang Of, depicting, or related to nudity or pornography. They sell skin magazine that are kept on a rack hidden behind black paper. The movie theater used to show skin flicks and exploitation films back in the '70s.
6. verb, dated slang To cheat or swindle (someone). The con man skinned them for nearly $10,000.

skin me

slang To slap hands with one in an amicable fashion; to give one five. Hey man, what's up? Skin me!
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skins

1. slang Drums, or a drum set. I find it so therapeutic to spend an hour or two hitting the skins each night. And on the skins we have the very talented Audrey Brecht!
2. In a casual sports game in which neither team has a uniform, the players who remove their shirts (thus exposing their skin) in order to distinguish themselves from the opposing team (called the "shirts," since they are still wearing shirts). The practice is called "shirts and skins." John forgot the yellow jerseys, so we'll have to play shirts versus skins tonight. OK, Tom, Jack, Bill, and I will be skins—the rest of you can be shirts.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

skin

1. n. a dollar bill. This ticket cost me a couple of skins—and it’s not worth it. You got a skin for the tollbooth?
2. and skinhead n. someone with a shaved or bald head. (Some such persons may also engage in political violence.) Who’s the skinhead with the earrings?
3. tv. to cheat or overcharge someone. The guy who sold me this car really skinned me.

skins

n. drums. (Musicians. The same as hides.) Andy can really make the skins talk.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (a) thin skin
  • (all) skin and bones
  • a banana skin
  • a thick skin
  • a thick/thin skin
  • a thin skin
  • be (all) brothers/sisters under the skin
  • be (all) skin and bone(s)
  • be brothers/sisters under the skin
  • be no skin off (one's) back
  • be no skin off (one's) nose
  • be no skin off (one's) teeth
  • be skin and bone
  • be soaked to the skin
  • be/get soaked to the skin
  • beauty is (only) skin-deep
  • beauty is more than skin deep
  • beauty is only skin deep
  • Beauty is only skin-deep
  • by the skin of (one's) teeth
  • by the skin of one's teeth
  • by the skin of teeth
  • by the skin of your teeth
  • comfortable in (one's) own skin
  • do something by the skin of your teeth
  • drenched to the skin
  • get under (one's) skin
  • get under skin
  • get under somebody's skin
  • get under someone's skin
  • get under someone's skin, to
  • get under your skin
  • give (one) skin
  • give (one) some skin
  • Give me five!
  • Give me skin!
  • Give me some skin!
  • give some skin
  • give someone skin
  • have a hide like a rhinoceros
  • have a hide/skin like a rhinoceros
  • have a skin like a rhinoceros
  • have a thick skin
  • have a thin skin
  • have skin in the game
  • have/put skin in the game
  • it's no skin off my nose
  • it's no skin off my, your, his, etc. nose
  • jump in (one's) skin
  • jump out of (one's) skin
  • jump out of one's skin
  • jump out of skin
  • jump out of your skin
  • knock (one) some skin
  • knock some skin
  • knock someone some skin
  • Let every man skin his own skunk
  • Let every man skin his own skunk.
  • make (one's) flesh crawl
  • make (one's) skin crawl
  • make flesh crawl
  • make one's flesh creep
  • make skin
  • make your skin crawl
  • more than one way to skin a cat
  • more than one way to skin a cat, there's
  • nearly jump out of (one's) skin
  • no skin off (one's) back
  • no skin off (one's) nose
  • no skin off (one's) teeth
  • no skin off my nose, it's/that's
  • no skin off one's nose
  • no skin off teeth
  • nothing but skin and bones
  • nothing but skin and bones and skin and bones
  • play out of (one's) skin
  • run out of (one's) skin
  • save (one's) hide
  • save (one's) neck
  • save (one's) own hide
  • save (one's) own skin
  • save (one's) skin
  • save one's bacon
  • save one's skin, to
  • save skin
  • save somebody's/your neck/skin/hide
  • save someone's skin
  • save your skin
  • shirts and skins
  • skin
  • skin (one) alive
  • skin a goat
  • skin alive
  • skin an eel by the tail
  • skin and bone
  • skin and bones
  • skin and bones, (nothing but)
  • skin back
  • skin flick
  • skin game
  • skin in the game
  • skin me
  • Skin me!
  • skin of your teeth
  • skin somebody alive
  • skin someone alive
  • skin the bear at once
  • skin up
  • skins
  • slip (one) some skin
  • slip on a banana skin
  • soak (one) to the skin
  • soak to the skin
  • soaked to the skin
  • there are many ways to skin a cat
  • there's more than one way to skin a cat
  • thick skin
  • thick skin, to have a
  • under (one's)/the skin
  • under the skin
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According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, the 5-year melanoma survival rate for black people in the United States is 65%, compared with 91% for white people.
Unipolar RF uses one electrode tip to transport energy to the skin, with the use of a grounding pad.
A Sadly, there's nothing you can do to reverse the ageing process, but you can give your skin a helping hand by eating plenty of nutrient-rich foods.
But as it turns out, signs of skin agingvisible or otherwisemay begin to manifest as early as age 25 and up.
In Asian population, the incidence of skin malignancies is quite low as compared to the Western world.
This article shares the latest research on the development of the skin micro-biome in infancy, including the neonatal period, and informs on the essential role of a healthy skin microbiome while providing practical advice for patients.
In order for skin cells to survive and skin to do its job properly, it constantly renews itself.
Whether skin appears dry or smooth and soft depends on the water balance in the stratum corneum, the outermost layer of the skin.
"You can add oats to bath water which can be quite soothing to skin suffering from eczema, or even certain medication treatments can be placed in the water to avoid applying to your entire skin by hand, but otherwise, showers are much more beneficial," she added.
As part of the rollout, Dove has also launched a "Make Peace with Dry Skin" campaign, which the brand said was designed to celebrate ordinary women who live with extraordinary skin.
It is important that you identify your skin needs and work on it .
ISLAMABAD -- Skin specialist, Dr Asim Bukhari, on monday stressed the need for raising proper awareness among the people about the skin diseases through media and other forums.