Meanings
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noun
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.
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2
verb
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.
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3
verb
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.
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verb
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.
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Etymology
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.