shin
noun
[ ʃɪn ]
• the front of the leg below the knee.
shin
verb
• climb quickly up or down by gripping with one's arms and legs.
• "he shinned up a tree"
Similar:
climb (up/down),
clamber up/down,
scramble up/down,
scrabble up/down,
swarm up/down,
shoot up/down,
go up/down,
mount,
ascend,
scale,
claw one's way up,
descend,
slide down,
drop down,
shinny,
Origin:
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).
