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Uncommonshin
The correct spelling is shin.
How to pronounce shin
/ʃɪn/
nounIPA: /ʃɪn/
Say it like: Shi-n
The correct spelling is shin. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone For example: "to shin up a mast"
Usage Examples
“to shin up a mast”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone
- 2.A fishplate for a railway.
- 3.The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter)
verb
- 1.(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.
- 2.To strike with the shin.
- 3.To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
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