Meaning
To dance by spreading the legs wide and low — a raw, sexually suggestive dancehall move, done above all by women. To 'skin out' is to open the body up in the dance without inhibition, and the move is a frank, provocative staple of the dancehall floor, called for in lyrics and performed with bold confidence. Belonging to the explicit, uninhibited side of the dance culture, the word names a deliberately open, exposing motion that flaunts the body to the rhythm.
Examples
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Di gyal dem a skin out pon di floor.
The girls are doing the skin-out on the dance floor.
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Di song tell dem fi skin out.
The song tells them to do the skin-out.
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Skin out a one raw dancehall move.
The skin-out is a raw dancehall move.
Origin
From 'skin' (the body) plus 'out' (open wide) — to open the legs out in the dance.
How it’s used
An explicit dancehall dance move, part of the music's 'slackness' side. Documented as vocabulary; the move itself is sexually suggestive.