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shin

/ʃɪn/noun, verb1 syllable

Shin means: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.

Synonyms for shin9

noun, as in the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

tibia, shinbone, shin bone

noun, as in a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

shin bone

verb, as in climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

clamber, scramble, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter

What does shin mean?5

verb

1

climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

noun

1

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

2

a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

3

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

4

the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shin?34

two syllables

withinbeginberlinwhereinakin

three syllables

violin
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 34 rhymes for shin, grouped by syllable

Shin in a sentence

  • She took some painkillers to take the edge off the pain in her shin.helloroto
  • He's got a huge gash on his shin.shekitten
  • The ball ricocheted off his shin.Amastan
  • The shin is that part of the leg which is between the knee and the ankle.Barend
  • OK. I'll go to Shin-Osaka station's shinkansen exit.WestofEden
  • The Hikari runs between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka in three hours and ten minutes.orcrist
  • Tom kicked Mary in the shin.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of shin

as a noun

plural
shins

as a verb

past tense
shinned
present participle
shinning
third-person singular
shins
past participle
shinned