skins

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of skin
2. (plural, plural-only, slang)The 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”

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of skin