shin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English shyn, shine, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Holandski scheen, Nemački Schiene.
Noun
shin (plural shins)
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
- Sinonim: tibia
- A fishplate for a railwayŠablon:R:Knight AMD.
Related terms
Translations
front part of the leg below the knee
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Verb
shin
- (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.
- to shin up a mast
- Sinonim: shinny (US)
- To strike with the shin.
- 2011 januar 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC[1]:
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- (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
- 1845, December 13, New York Commercial Advertiser
- The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.
- 1845, December 13, New York Commercial Advertiser
Derived terms
Translations
(UK) to climb a mast, tree, rope
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
shin (plural shins)
- The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
Translations
Semitic letter
Further reading
- Shin (letter) na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
References
Anagrams
Pronoun
shin
Hausa
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
- shin Galicijski
Irish
Pronoun
shin
Romanization
shin
Louisiana Creole French
Alternative forms
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Pronunciation
Noun
shin
- dog.
Manx
Etymology
Pronoun
shin (emphatic shinyn)