shin

IPA: ʃˈɪn

noun

  • The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • A fishplate for a railway
  • The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • A river in Scotland, in the Highlands

verb

  • (Britain, 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 strike with the shin.
  • (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
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Examples of "shin" in Sentences

  • Shin guards also protect the kneecap.
  • He is trying to stretch the shins regularly.
  • The hips are bent with the shins on the floor.
  • Shin is a silent, seemingly unsociable person.
  • The key to this is to stretch the shins regularly.
  • Loosening the shoes will prevent the pain in the shins.
  • The calf is the back portion and the shin is the front.
  • Plus, the turning point was at the foot, breaking the shin.
  • The drum is connected to the thigh and the shoe to the shin.
  • The shin is the front portion of the lower leg in vertebrates.

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