shiner

/ˈʃaɪnər/

Other forms: shiners

Definitions of shiner

1. noun

   something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
   types:

   twinkler

   an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner

   type of:

   object, physical object

   a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
2. noun

   a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
   synonyms: black eye, mouse

   type of:

   bruise, contusion

   an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
3. noun

   any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
   types:

   Notropis atherinoides, emerald shiner

   small blunt-nosed fish of Great Lakes and Mississippi valley with a greenish luster

   Notropis cornutus, common shiner, silversides

   the common North American shiner

   Notemigonus crysoleucas, golden shiner

   shiner of eastern North America having golden glints; sometimes also called `bream'

   type of:

   cyprinid, cyprinid fish

   soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
4. noun

   important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
   synonyms: Scomber scombrus, common mackerel

   type of:

   mackerel

   any of various fishes of the family Scombridae