Meaning of shin in English

1. Pronunciation

   /ʃɪn/

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1. Verb

   shin

   Definitions

   1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

2. Noun

   shin

   Etymology

   Old English scinu, probably from a Germanic base meaning ‘narrow or thin piece’; related to German Schiene‘thin plate’ and Dutch scheen. The verb was originally in nautical use (early 19th century)

   Definitions

   1. the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
3. 2. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
4. 3. the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
5. 4. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle