skinking

[ sking-king ]

/ ˈskɪŋ kɪŋ /

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adjective Scot.

(of liquor, soup, etc.) watery; diluted or thin.

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Origin of skinking

First recorded in 1575–85; skink² + -ing²

Words nearby skinking

skin game, skin graft, skin grafting, skinhead, skink, skinking, skinless, skinned, skinner, Skinner, B. F., Skinner box

How to use skinking in a sentence

That feat does not hinder them from their skinking, and it blunts not their intelligence thereat.
The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga|Various
I personally examined the soup, and found it to be "nae skinking ware that jaups in luggies."
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland|Daniel Turner Holmes