skins

noun

1. 1

   slangThe drums.

   If I had my rathers I'd make up my own band. Art Blakey on the skins, Charlie Mingus on the bass, John Coltrane on the sax, Harry Edison on the horn-

   Two women sat whacking the skins with long whippy sticks, whining a song

2. 2

   Also a form of skinplural of skin

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of skinthird-person singular simple present indicative of skin

Forms

plural

the skins