shin

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See also: Shin, shin-, and shín

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɪn/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.

Noun

shin (plural shins)

  1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
    Synonym: tibia
    Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.
  2. A fishplate for a railway[1]
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Verb

shin (third-person singular simple present shins, present participle shinning, simple past and past participle shinned)

  1. 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.
    Synonym: shinny (US)
    to shin up a mast
    • 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 33:
      "The minute the door is shut he shins down a water-pipe, hops on his motor-cycle, and is off at full speed."
  2. To strike with the shin.
    • 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC‎:
      The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner.
  3. (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
    • 1845 December 13, New York Commercial Advertiser:
      The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.
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Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

shin (plural shins)

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

References

  1. ^ Edward H Knight (1877) “Shin”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC..

Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronoun

shin

  1. H-system spelling of ŝin

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic شِين (šīn).

Pronunciation

Noun

shin f

  1. shin (letter of the Arabic alphabet)

Irish

Pronoun

shin

  1. Lenited form of sin.

Japanese

Romanization

shin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しん

Kwama

Noun

shin

  1. spear
  2. war

References

  • Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎, SIL International

Louisiana Creole

shin / shyin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from French chien (“dog”).

Pronunciation

Noun

shin

  1. (a) dog

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish sinni.

Pronoun

shin (emphatic shinyn)

  1. (personal pronoun) we, us

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

shin

  1. (colloquial) Lenited form of sin.

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شِين (šīn).

Noun

shin (plural shinlar)

  1. the Arabic letter ش

Declension

Declension of shin
singular plural
nominative shin shinlar
genitive shinning shinlarning
dative shinga shinlarga
definite accusative shinni shinlarni
locative shinda shinlarda
ablative shindan shinlardan
similative shindek shinlardek
Possessive forms of shin
my singular plural
nominative shinim shinlarim
genitive shinimning shinlarimning
dative shinimga shinlarimga
definite accusative shinimni shinlarimni
locative shinimda shinlarimda
ablative shinimdan shinlarimdan
similative shinimdek shinlarimdek
your singular plural
nominative shining shinlaring
genitive shiningning shinlaringning
dative shiningga shinlaringga
definite accusative shiningni shinlaringni
locative shiningda shinlaringda
ablative shiningdan shinlaringdan
similative shiningdek shinlaringdek
her/his/its singular plural
nominative shini shinlari
genitive shinining shinlarining
dative shiniga shinlariga
definite accusative shinini shinlarini
locative shinida shinlarida
ablative shinidan shinlaridan
similative shinidek shinlaridek
our singular plural
nominative shinimiz shinlarimiz
genitive shinimizning shinlarimizning
dative shinimizga shinlarimizga
definite accusative shinimizni shinlarimizni
locative shinimizda shinlarimizda
ablative shinimizdan shinlarimizdan
similative shinimizdek shinlarimizdek
your singular plural
nominative shiningiz shinlaringiz
genitive shiningizning shinlaringizning
dative shiningizga shinlaringizga
definite accusative shiningizni shinlaringizni
locative shiningizda shinlaringizda
ablative shiningizdan shinlaringizdan
similative shiningizdek shinlaringizdek
their singular plural
nominative shini shinlari
genitive shinining shinlarining
dative shiniga shinlariga
definite accusative shinini shinlarini
locative shinida shinlarida
ablative shinidan shinlaridan similative shinidek shinlaridek
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