skin

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
skin/skɪn/

▶noun

• 1 the thin layer of tissue forming the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal.

  ■ the skin of a dead animal used as material for clothing or other items.

  ■ a container made from the skin of an animal, used for holding liquids.

• 2 the peel or outer layer of a fruit or vegetable.

  ■ the outermost layer of a structure such as an aircraft.

  ■ the thin outer covering of a sausage.

  ■ a thin layer forming on the surface of a hot liquid as it cools.

• 3 informal a drum or drum head.

• 4 [as modifier] informal relating to or denoting pornography: the skin trade.

• 5 Brit. informal a skinhead.

• 6 informal a cigarette paper.

▶verb (skins, skinning, skinned)

• 1 remove the skin from.

  ■ graze (a part of one's body).

• 2 (of a wound) form new skin.

• 3 informal take money from or swindle.

• 4 Soccer, informal take the ball past (a defender) with ease.

• 5 (skin up) Brit. informal make a cannabis cigarette.

– phrases
be skin and bone be very thin.
by the skin of one's teeth by a very narrow margin.
get under someone's skin informal

• 1 annoy or irritate someone intensely.

• 2 fill someone's mind in a compelling and persistent way.

• 3 reach or display a deep understanding of someone.

give someone (some) skin US black slang shake or slap hands together as a gesture of friendship or solidarity.
have a thick (or thin) skin be insensitive (or oversensitive) to criticism or insults.
have skin in the game US informal have a personal investment in an organization or undertaking, and therefore a vested interest in its success.
it's no skin off my nose informal I am not offended or adversely affected.
keep (or sleep in) a whole skin archaic escape being wounded or injured.
skin and blister Brit. rhyming slang a person's sister.
under the skin in reality, as opposed to superficial appearances.

– derivatives
skinless adjective,
skinned adjective,
skinner noun.

– origin OE scinn, from ON skinn.