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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.
Noun[edit]
shin (plural shins)
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone:
Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Synonym: tibia
- A fishplate for a railway[1]
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Translations[edit]
front part of the leg below the knee
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Verb[edit]
shin (third-person singular simple present shins, present participle shinning, simple past and past participle shinned)
- (Britain, as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
- to shin up a mast
- Synonym: shinny (US)
- To strike with the shin.
- 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC[1]:
- The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner.
- (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
- 1845 December 13, New York Commercial Advertiser:
- The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
(UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Etymology 2[edit]
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Noun[edit]
shin (plural shins)
- The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others):
Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Translations[edit]
Semitic letter
Further reading[edit]
Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References[edit]
- ^ 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
shin
- H-system spelling of ŝin
Hausa[edit]
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Noun[edit]
shin f
- shin (letter of the Arabic alphabet)
Irish[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
shin
- Lenited form of sin.
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
shin
Kwama[edit]
Noun[edit]
shin
References[edit]
- Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary[2], SIL International
Louisiana Creole[edit]
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Noun[edit]
shin
- dog.
Manx[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
shin (emphatic shinyn)
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