shiner

Plural: shiners

Noun

• One that shines; a black eye.
• a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
• something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
• important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
• any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
• One who shines; a luminary.
• One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
• A black eye.
• Raccoon eyes.
• A bright piece of money, especially a sovereign.
• Any of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes of Notropis, Lythrurus, and allied genera, such as the redfin.
• Any silvery fish, such as the horsefish, menhaden, or moonfish.
• A common silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum, or any member of genus Lepisma.
• A moonshiner.
• A small reflective surface used for cheating at card games.
• A bottle of finished wine, without a label.
• A brick that is laid on its tallest, thinnest side, with its largest face facing the outside of the wall (oriented so that this face is wider than it is tall).

Examples

• After a particularly brutal game of Scrabble, he felt like he’d been given a verbal shiner.

Synonyms

black eye, common mackerel, mouse, Scomber scombrus, convex