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
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
