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Meanings of shinny in English

Spanish
luchar

Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

luchar

A simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck.

Usage of shinny in English
1
With my wounded shoulder it was impossible to shinny up the pipe.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
2
This is the NHL, and right now we're just playing shinny hockey.
Reuters
3
To brother Bill fell shinny clubs and bats, marbles and a kite.
Watch Yourself Go By
4
He'll let you play 'shinny' in the halls if you want to.
Flowing Gold
5
For every gesture other apps have, we have a big shinny button.
Wired
6
It is something like shinny, one of the games yon play.
Big People and Little People of Other Lands
7
Roger was bound to win the pole-shinny, but Grace denied him the pleasure.
Harvest Home
8
Still, he planned to take the pole-shinny competition himself.
Harvest Home
9
The old Scotch game of golf, hockey and shinny.
Healthful Sports for Boys
10
The ladder was pulled up, so I had to shinny up one of the stilts.
The Forever War
11
You're not supposed to play on the shinny pole.
Harvest Home
12
Climb a tree, shinny along a branch, drop into a graveyard, watch lovers dig holes?
Pet Sematary
13
Libby Anne, limping painfully, put her "shinny" stick into Bud's hand.
The Second Chance
14
She rides around in a shinny big red van and not like this stinky old thing.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
15
If he could shinny up to it and rest, he was sure the light-headedness would pass.
Servant of a dark god
16
The lobster approaches the tree, stops meditatively, and decides to shinny up after me,-whichhe did.
The Quest
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Shinny through the time