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English
Etymology
From re- + skin.
Verb
reskin (third-person singular simple present reskins, present participle reskinning, simple past and past participle reskinned)
- (transitive) To replace or repair the skin of a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc., especially so as to market the same car under different brands
2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “The Rail Live story...”, in RAIL, number 984, page 36:A row of original, large and life-expired MoD 'wriggly tin' Nissen huts close to the Rail Live entrance haven't simply been reskinned, they have been replaced with new, modern equivalents to the original design.
- (computing, transitive) To change the skin, or visual appearance, of an application or a video game character etc.
2007, Quentin Zervaas, Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP, page 291:The editor can be reskinned. In other words, the color scheme and look and feel of the buttons can be changed.
Translations
Noun
reskin (plural reskins)
- Something that uses the exact same model as something else, but has superficial differences such as textures.
2012, Wendy Despain, 100 Principles of Game Design:The result would be a reskin of an old game instead of an interesting new game.
See also
Anagrams
- neriks, Rinkes, inkers, Ikners, Kerins, resink, Keirns, Kiners, Kisner, Erskin, Serkin, Kinser, Kriens, Kreins, reinks, Skrine, sinker