shiner

shiner

slang A bruise right around one's eye, especially as the result of a blow or impact; a black eye. The player got quite a shiner after running face-first into that goal post. A: "Wow, where'd you get that shiner?" B: "Tom punched me in the face for insulting his girlfriend."
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

shiner

n. a black eye. Wow, look at Marty’s shiner!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • twinkle in (one's) father's eye
  • take an eye for an eye
  • see eye to eye, to
  • see eye to eye
  • have (one's)/an eye out for (someone or something)
  • see eye to eye with (someone)
  • eye to eye
  • see eye to eye about (something)
  • see eye to eye on (something)
  • get (one's) eye
References in periodicals archive
Because Topeka shiner detection probability is high (>90%) for the types of sampling methods used in the studies we qualitatively analyzed (Fischer el al., 2018), we are confident in our overall conclusions.
Age groups of individual Spottail Shiner were determined using length frequency distribution analysis (Nielson and Johnson 1983).
Some anglers like to use floats for keeping shiners at a given depth, others prefer freelining them so they look more natural and can swim up under the vegetation.
Shiner contended before the district court that the restrictive endorsement constituted a substantial limitation or restriction that prevented his constructive receipt of the check under Regs.
"I wanted these things to really infiltrate the entire fair," says Shiner. "I hope that doing that will create certain moments of"--he pauses.
What many of us know as a black eye is also, as many of us know, a shiner. How a black eye is obtained of course is simple ...
Originally described by Trautman in 1931 as a sub-species of Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus, the Channel Shiner was first elevated to species in 1976 and subsequently reaffirmed by several authors as a full species in the 1980's and 1990's (Hrabik, '996 and references therein).
"Our research shows only 30 percent of Boomers have a retirement plan -- and only a third of them say it is a formal one," said Shiner. "Working with a financial professional to develop a retirement plan would likely improve preparedness and confidence for retirement."
Coretta Scott King Honor winner Tonya Bolden presents Capital Days: Michael Shiner's Journal and the Growth of Our Nation's Capital, a ninety-page educational book about the first sixty years of Washington D.C., beautifully illustrated with color photographs of period artwork and primary source materials throughout.
The warm climate and abundant high-quality water where the shiner ponds predominate in the White River region (a healthy water resource that even harbors big trout) promote greater productivity.
Ronaldo, who copped a Ronaldo, who copped a shiner against Ghana in shiner against Ghana in the final group game, the final group game, had the blame for had the blame for his country's exit his country's exit laid at his feet by laid at his feet by ex-Sporting Lisbon ex-Sporting Lisbon coach Manuel Jose, who coach Manuel Jose, who said: "We've been carrying said: "We've been carrying the 'world's best' like a the 'world's best' like a diamond ring we never had.
ANYONE who went to a tough Coventry comp in the late Sixties would recognise the Phil Shiner pupil.
Phil Shiner, from Birminghambased Public Interest Lawyers, said that every day someone calls the rm to dish out vitriol.
Wilde has reason to care: The Arkansas River shiner - not a beer but a small, silvery minnow - likes to spawn in this river, with its sandy shores.