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Meanings of shin (shinned) in English

Portuguese
tíbia
Catalan
jarret
Spanish
tibia
Wikidata

The inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle.

tíbia
Spanish
luchar

Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

luchar
Usage of shinned in English
1
He shinned up just as any little boy would climb a tree.
The Tale of Cuffy Bear
2
I shinned up the tallest palm-tree, and sat there thinking of it all.
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
3
He then shinned up the rope again, and the interrogatories recommenced.
Foul Play
4
Zeb took off his coat and then shinned up the tree.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
5
Tim climbed and shinned his way from limb to limb like a monkey.
Don Strong, Patrol Leader
6
What journal do the persimmon and the buckeye keep, and the sharp-shinned hawk?
Excursions
7
He shinned up the battery rod into the shuttles engine compartment.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
8
But Parris had shinned down to the boat with a handful of volunteers.
Honour This Day
9
Up one trunk after another shinned Roy and Lew, who were born climbers.
The Secret Wireless; Or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol
10
Dad was in the lead, and poor Joe, bare-shinned and bootless, in the rear.
On Our Selection
11
These latter recall a singular freak of the sharp-shinned hawk.
Wake-Robin
12
I shinned out through a passage window and scrambled along a sort of ledge.
Right Ho, Jeeves
13
A few years ago a sharp-shinned hawk visited our yard.
Bird Day; How to prepare for it
14
We accordingly shinned up the ratlines together, and were soon comfortably settled on the fore-topsail-yard.
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
15
He shinned up the tree without loss of time.
The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills; Or, The Missing Pilot of th...
16
Aim to always stick the box-gettingshinned is unpleasant.
Climbing Magazine
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Translations for shinned
Portuguese
tíbia
Shinned through the time