skinning

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of skin. Use this form for the action happening now or as the name of the action.

   He was skinning the rabbit beside the campfire.

   Skinning the fish takes a lot of practice.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The job of taking the skin off something, such as an animal killed for its meat or fur.

   Like peeling the skin off a fruit, but for an animal.

   The skinning of the rabbit took only a few minutes.

   Skinning is the first step before the meat can be cut up.

   Similarflaying

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3. 3
   adjectivecolloquialIreland

   Very cold, in a way that stings your skin.

   Like stepping outside with no coat in the middle of winter.

   It was a skinning cold morning, so we stayed inside.

   The wind off the lake felt skinning cold today.

   Similarbiting, bitter, freezing, piercing, icy

   Oppositebalmy, warm, mild

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