Shin Definition
shĭn
shinned, shinning, shins
noun
shins
The front part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Webster's New World
The shinbone.
American Heritage Medicine
A cut of beef from the lower foreleg.
Webster's New World
The twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (שׁ)
Webster's New World
verb
shinned, shinning, shins
To climb a rope, pole, etc. by using both hands and legs for gripping.
Webster's New World
To kick or hit in the shins.
American Heritage
To climb something by shinning it.
American Heritage
To move quickly on foot.
American Heritage
Origin of Shin
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From Middle English shine, from Old English scinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English shine from Old English scinu skei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *śamš- (“sun”). Compare Shamash.
From Wiktionary
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Hebrew šîn of Phoenician origin šnn in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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