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Shin

/ʃɪn/

The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone

📖 Definitions of "Shin"

noun
  1. 1

    The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone

  2. 2

    A fishplate for a railway.

verb
  1. 1

    (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"

  2. 2

    To strike with the shin.

  3. 3

    To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

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