shin

Meaning

Noun

1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
2. A fishplate for a railway

Verb

1. To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
2. To strike with the shin.
3. (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

Synonyms

shank

lower leg

leg

🦵

tibia

shinbone

shin bone

shinny

climb

calf

scramble

foreleg

sputter

struggle

clamber

skin

shankbone

climb on

handle of pot

front of lower leg

one’s weak point

joint plate

patch plate

ascend

splice plate

climb up

crus

defect

escalade

fish plate

foot

🦶

halt

legs

limb

scale

shin-bone

suddenly

swarm

tired

😫

calf of leg

Translations

tibia

Schienbein

espinilla

stinco

tibia

scheen

tibia

κνήμη

caña

crus

🦵

canilla

αντικνήμιο

canela

scheenbeen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schyne

Inherited from Old English: scinu

Cognate with Western Frisian: skine

Cognate with Dutch: scheen

Cognate with German: Schiene

In summary

From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.