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noun

Say it like: Shi-ns

The correct spelling is shins. 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. 1.The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone
  2. 2.A fishplate for a railway.
  3. 3.The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter)

verb

  1. 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. 2.To strike with the shin.
  3. 3.To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

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