shin

A1 Topic:The Human Body

US /ʃɪn/ See IPA manual

Freq #7005

Meanings

1

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.
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.
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.
4

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.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the front part of the leg... tibia

2 verb · to climb up or lower... shinny

Word family

Derived forms shin-kickingshinguardshinlessshinnyshinplastershinplateyellowshins

Related forms shinbone

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Phrases (1)

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shin bone
the large bone at the front of the lower leg, called the tibia

Noun + noun

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.

Topics

The Human Body

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# shin

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ʃɪn/
**Frequency rank:** 7005

## Meanings
1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
2. 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.
3. To strike with the shin.
4. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

## Examples
- Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.
- To shin up a mast.
- 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.
- The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.

## Derived Forms
- shin-kicking
- shinguard
- shinless
- shinny
- shinplaster
- shinplate
- yellowshins

## Related Forms
- shinbone

## 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.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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