shin — ozdic

Collocations

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(noun.)

VERB + SHIN

kick (sb in/on)

When the boy wouldn't stop bothering her, she kicked him on the shin.

bang, bark, bruise, gash, graze, knock

I knocked my shin against the coffee table this morning and it really hurts.

SHIN + NOUN

bone | guard, pad

PREP

on the/your ~

He scraped his shin on the metal edge of the table while playing football.

Definitions

noun

1

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

Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.

2

A fishplate for a railway

verb

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.

to shin up a mast

"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.

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

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

The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.

noun

1

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg betw

tibia
shinbone

verb — climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.

Wiktionary

02

to shin up a mast

Wiktionary

03

"The minute the door is shut he shins down a water-pipe, hops on his motor-cycle, and is off at full speed."

Wiktionary

04

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 Bos

Wiktionary

05

Tom kicked Mary in the shin.

Tatoeba · #2643583

06

Where are my shin guards?

Tatoeba · #6713555

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, shin is marked as slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.