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Meaning of shin

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shin

Pronunciation:/ʃɪn/

noun

Definitions

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

    Synonyms:tibia

  2. A fishplate for a railway.

verb

Definitions

  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.

    Example: to shin up a mast

    Synonyms:shinny

  2. To strike with the shin.

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

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shin

shin

Pronunciation:/ʃɪn/

noun

Definitions

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

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shin

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