give some skin

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

give some skin (third-person singular simple present gives some skin, present participle giving some skin, simple past gave some skin, past participle given some skin)

1. (slang) To greet or congratulate someone by slapping his or her palm.

   Long time, bro. Give me some skin.

See also

• give the skins
• slap me five

Further reading

• Eric Partridge (2005) “give skin”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 871.