shin
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1.0
- noun
- /ʃɪn/
:
espinilla
- Yeah, spinning bird kick straight to your shin.
- shin guards
So is Neil jacked or are his shins just really tight?
- So is Neil jacked or are his shins just really tight?
- I can't actually run slow without my hip and shins fucking bleeding.
- So I, I'm standing there, my shins against the front of Jade's crate.
- He's looked into having his shins elongated.
- Dude, Dude, he kicked Uriah Halls like shin, like the top of his shin.
- So by the time it got up the mountain, his feet, his shins were covered with blisters.
- I might just quickly do my shins because they are looking a little bit dry.
- So my shins and knees, my shins and knees right here have a disability.
- So I had noticed a spot on my shin that, like, almost looks like a bruise.
- And then knee was swallowed up, ankle was swelled up and shins were flared, blisters everywhere.
Examples
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So I had noticed a spot on my shin that, like, almost looks like a bruise.
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Two of the boys had rolled and were holding their scraped shins and crying.
Fiction book (1990) -
I just, uh, kicked myself in the shin.
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It's easier on the shins.
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Get up," she suggests and gives Gretel a little kick in the shin to prove her point.
Fiction book (1996) -
So by the time it got up the mountain, his feet, his shins were covered with blisters.
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I was sopping wet, though, and there was a hematoma on my shin as big as a baseball.
Academic text (1992) -
A sheet of plywood smacked his shin, and he cried out, then fell over.
Fiction book (1991) -
I remembered Buster's rough hand on my shin, how his palm had patted me.
Fiction book (1993) -
I just kicked myself in the shin while playing soccer.
Synonyms
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1.0
A body part people and animals use to stand and walk
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5.4
The larger bone in the lower leg between knee and ankle
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1.6
A thick inner bone in the lower leg between the knee and ankle
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7.0
The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle in a person
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2.5
The large inner bone in the lower leg from knee to ankle
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.9
Pain along the front of the lower leg, often caused by running or other exercise
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shin comes from an old English word scina meaning 'the front part of the lower leg' or the bone you feel under the skin, so when you kick a table and it hurts you know that is the 'shin'.