shiner meaning and definition

SHINER noun

Definition of shiner (noun)

1. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
   • synonyms: black eye, mouse
2. something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)
3. important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales
   • synonyms: common mackerel, Scomber scombrus
4. any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis