shinny, shinney
(noun) a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shinny (third-person singular simple present shinnies, present participle shinnying, simple past and past participle shinnied)
To climb in an awkward manner.
shinny (uncountable) or shinny hockey
(Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.
(Canada) Street hockey.
(Canada, informal) Hockey.
(US, anthropology) A hockey-like game played by American Indians.
shinny (uncountable)
Moonshine (illegal alcohol)
Source: Wiktionary
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
