shin

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see also: Shin

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʃɪn/

Noun

shin (plural shins)

1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone.

   Synonyms: tibia

2. A fishplate for a railway.

Related terms

• shinbone

Translations

• French: tibia, os long
• German: Schienbein, Tibia
• Italian: stinco, tibia
• Portuguese: canela
• Russian: го́лень
• Spanish: canilla, espinilla, tibia

Verb

shin (shins, present participle shinning; past and past participle shinned)

1. (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

   Synonyms: shinny (US)

2. To strike with the shin.
3. (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

Translations

• Russian: кара́бкаться

Noun

shin (plural shins)

1. The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

• German: Schin
• Russian: шин

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Shin

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Proper noun

1. A river in Scotland, in the Highlands

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