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# shiner

«shiner» in Mova's school dictionary: **A black eye: a bruise round the eye from a punch or a knock** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (shiner, shiners)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A black eye: a bruise round the eye from a punch or a knock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#m1)

2) Something or someone that shines, like a shiny coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#m2)

3) A kind of small silver fish (in North America). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories about fights and sport, «a shiner» shows someone was hit: «He came home with a shiner». In everyday talk it's informal and a bit funny. In fishing, a shiner is a little silvery fish. Phrases: «a real shiner», «give someone a shiner».

### examples

- Jake came to school with a shiner after the football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#x1)
- «Where did you get that shiner?» asked Mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#x2)
- He walked into a door and got a shiner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#x3)
- The boxer had a shiner the next day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#x4)
- We caught three shiners in the creek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#x5)
- The new coin was a real shiner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/#x6)

### note

Informal; neutral words: «black eye», «bruise». A black eye should be checked by an adult or doctor if vision changes or there is bad pain. Plural: shiners.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shiner» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shiner/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.