shin (n.)

  1. the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

  2. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

    [ Syn: shin bone ]

  3. the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

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

    [ Syn: tibia , shinbone , shin bone ]

    shin (v.)

  1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

    [ Syn: clamber , scramble , shinny , skin , struggle , sputter ]

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