shinny /ˈʃɪni/noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •(Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.In shinny, everyone wins. Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains. — 2010 •(Canada) Street hockey. •(US) A hockey-like game played by American Indians. •(Canada, informal) Hockey. •Moonshine. (illegal alcohol)Miss Maudie Atkinson baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight;.... — 1960 verb1 •To climb in an awkward manner. formsshinnied · shinnying · shinnies
