1. (

• shiner ,
• black_eye ,
• mouse

) a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye ;

2. (

• shiner

) something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) ;

3. (

• common_mackerel ,
• shiner ,
• Scomber_scombrus

) important food fish of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; its body is greenish-blue with dark bars and small if any scales ;

4. (

• shiner

) any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis ;