reskin
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[edit]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.
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Noun
[edit]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.