1. Having skin of a specified kind
   "The thick-skinned rhinoceros is well-protected against predators"

1. Remove the skin from
   "skin apples";
   - peel, pare
    
2. Bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
   "The boy skinned his knee when he fell";
   - scrape
    
3. Remove the bark of a tree
   "They skinned the trunk for its valuable bark";
   - bark
    
4. [informal] Charge an excessive or unfair price
   "The unscrupulous dealer skinned the buyer on the car's price";
   - overcharge, soak [informal], surcharge, fleece [informal], pluck [informal], rob, rip off [informal], gouge [informal]
    
5. [Brit, informal] Roll and smoke cannabis
   "They went to the park to skin";
   - skin up [Brit, informal]
    
6. Form an outer layer of some harder material, esp. due to cooling
   "custard skins over when cold";
   - skin over

See also: smooth-skinned, velvety-skinned

Type of: cheat, chisel [informal], injure, rip off [informal], strip, wound

Antonym: skinless

Encyclopedia: Skinned