shin /ʃɪn/verb 3noun 3forms 3phrases 1 verb3 •To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like."The minute the door is shut he shins down a water-pipe, hops on his motor-cycle, and is off at full speed." — 1936 •To strike with the shin. •(US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take. — 1845 noun3 •The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.WikipediaSoccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins. •The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia •A fishplate for a railway formsshinned · shinning · shins Phrases with shin shin outTo leave quickly or run away.
