Meaning & use
shin
The front part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
See it in a sentence
She bumped her shin painfully against the edge of the coffee table.
The soccer ball struck him right on the shin during practice.
A note on using this word
As a verb, to shin up something means to climb it quickly using the arms and legs, as in shin up a tree.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To climb a pole, rope, or tree quickly by gripping with the arms and legs.
The boy shinned up the fence to retrieve the kite stuck on top.
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