shiner meaning

shiner as a noun

1. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

   Synonyms: black eye, mouse

   Type of: bruise

2. something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)

   Type of: object

   Kinds: twinkler

   Related forms: shine

3. important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales

   Synonyms: common mackerel, Scomber scombrus

   Type of: mackerel

4. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis

   Type of: cyprinid

   Kinds: emerald shiner, common shiner, golden shiner

shiner in a sentence

• That's quite a shiner.

How to pronounce shiner

shiner is pronounced /ˈʃaɪnɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with shiner

• minor
• designer
• liner
• miner
• diner
• finer
• niner
• signer
• whiner
• refiner
• recliner