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Shin

Shin Meaning & Definition
Shin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shin?

[n] the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
[n] the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
[n] the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
[n] a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
[v] climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Synonyms | Synonyms for Shin: clamber | scramble | shinbone | shinny | skin | sputter | struggle | tibia

Related Terms | Find terms related to Shin:

See Also | alphabetic character | Aramaic alphabet | body part | climb | cut | cut of meat | Hebraic alphabet | Hebrew alphabet | leg | leg bone | letter | letter of the alphabet

Shin In Webster's Dictionary

\Shin\, n. [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) 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. To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]

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