skinner

🇺🇸 /ˈskɪnər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈskɪnə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
noun
R

A person who talks about other people's private lives, often including details that may not be true.

The new neighbor is a skinner, always gossiping about others.

verb
R

To talk about other people's private lives, often including details that may not be true.

She's always skinning about her colleagues, which is not very nice.

translation

n. A person who talks about other people's private lives, often including details that may not be true.
v. To talk about other people's private lives, often including details that may not be true.

Word Forms

3rd Present skinners
Past skinnered
Perfect skinnered
Progressive skinnering
Plural skinners