Skink
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skɪŋk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Skink is a noun meaning (Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
Meaning
(Scotland, Northern England) A shin of beef.
More Meanings
- A lizard of the family Scincidae, having small or reduced limbs or none at all and long tails that are regenerated when shed; a sandfish.
- (ambitransitive, Scotland) To serve (a drink).
- (transitive, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To give (something) as a present.
- (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) A soup or pottage made from a boiled shin of beef.
- (chiefly Scotland, by extension) Usually preceded by a descriptive word: a soup or pottage made using other ingredients.
- (obsolete) A drink.
Example Sentences
Cullen skink
lean sirloin, skink and pot-roast
[W]hile he would spit beyond the table, he all-to-bespawleth him who skinketh at the feast.
Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove, / When he invites the gods to feast with him / On Juno's wedding-day.
Word Forms
- skinks
- skinking
- skinked
Synonyms for skink
Depending on context, synonyms include scincid.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scincid, scink, chib, elshin, shinbeam, foreshank.
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