skinking
[ sking-king ]
/ ˈskɪŋ kɪŋ /
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adjective Scot.
(of liquor, soup, etc.) watery; diluted or thin.
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Words nearby skinking
skin game, skin graft, skin grafting, skinhead, skink, skinking, skinless, skinned, skinner, Skinner, B. F., Skinner box
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That feat does not hinder them from their skinking, and it blunts not their intelligence thereat.
I personally examined the soup, and found it to be "nae skinking ware that jaups in luggies."
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