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SHIN
shin
(noun) the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin
(noun) the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
shin
(noun) the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
shin, shin bone
(noun) a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Shin
A river in Scotland, in the Highlands
Anagrams
• hins, his'n, hisn, nish, sinh
Etymology 1
Noun
shin (plural shins)
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone.
Synonym: tibia
A fishplate for a railway.
Verb
shin (third-person singular simple present shins, present participle shinning, simple past and past participle shinned)
(British, 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.
Synonym: shinny (US)
To strike with the shin.
(US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
Etymology 2
Noun
shin (plural shins)
The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Anagrams
• hins, his'n, hisn, nish, sinh
Source: Wiktionary
Shin, n. Etym: [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. Chine.]
1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. "On his shin." Chaucer.
2. (Railbroad)
Definition: A fish plate for rails. Knight. Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia.
– Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.
Shin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shinning.]
1. 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; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast. [Slang]
2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
Shin, v. t.
Definition: To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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