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shin¹
- /ʃɪn/
Rhymes with -ɪn
Where it comes from
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 shins
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The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.
Similar: tibia
- A fishplate for a railway
verb shins · shinning · shinned
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To climb up or lower oneself down 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
Similar: shinny
- To strike with the shin. 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.
- To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment. The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.
shin²
- /ʃɪn/
Rhymes with -ɪn
noun shins · sheen
- The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Shin³
Where it comes from
From Scottish Gaelic abhainn Sin.
proper noun
- A river in Scotland, in the Highlands
Shin⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Korean 신 (sin), derived from 申, 辛, or 愼.
proper noun Shins
- A surname from Korean.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: shinbone, tibia, skin, sputter, scramble, struggle, clamber, shinny, chin, leg, warm, sheen, shim, shank, sean, lukewarm
Translations
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noun front part of the leg below the knee
| Español | canilla, espinilla, tibia |
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| 한국어 | 정강이 jeonggang'i |
| 日本語 | 脛 sune, 臑 sune |
| 中文 | 脛 /胫 jìng, 小腿 xiǎotuǐ |
| Português | canela |
| Français | tibia, os long |
| Deutsch | Schienbein, Tibia |
| Italiano | stinco, tibia |
| Ελληνικά | κνήμη kními |
| Română | fluierul piciorului |
| Русский | го́лень gólenʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | ống quyển, ống khuyển, ống đồng |
| العربية | قَصَبَة qaṣaba |
| עברית | שוק shok |
verb (UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
| Русский | кара́бкаться karábkatʹsja, лазать lazatʹ |
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