shin
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Систем
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Средњи Енглески shyn, shine, from Стари Енглески scinu, from Пра-Западно Германски *skinu, from Пра-Германски *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Холандски scheen, Немачки Schiene.
Noun
shin (plural shins)
- The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone на Википедији.Википедији
- Синоним: tibia
- A fishplate for a railwayШаблон:R:Knight AMD.
Related terms
Translations
front part of the leg below the knee
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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.
- to shin up a mast
- Синоним: shinny (US)
- To strike with the shin.
- 2011 јануар 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC[1]:
- The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner.
- (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) на Википедији.Википедији
Translations
Semitic letter
Further reading
- Shin (letter) на Википедији.Википедији
References
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shin
Hausa
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- shin Галицијски
Irish
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shin
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shin
Louisiana Creole French
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Noun
shin
- dog.
Manx
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shin (emphatic shinyn)