[
US
/ˈʃɪn/
]
NOUN
- a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg
- the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle
- the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
VERB
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
How To Use shin In A Sentence
- The bombardment of the GPO had fascinated MacMurrough: the annunciatory puffs of smoke and the flames that roared to greet them; then the crashing gun’s report, the shell’s eruption—an illogical sequence, effect before cause, an object lesson in the madness of war. At Swim, Two Boys
- Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard. The Sun
- The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
- As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
- The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
- (Variety's Dennis Harvey called Mr. Friedman's onscreen persona "nebbishy"; The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris was a little nicer, saying, "The movie is the product of his big, shiny love of forgotten soul legends whom superstardom ... has eluded.") Did Pirated 'Wolverine' Review Get Fox 411's Roger Friedman Fired? [Update]
- On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” Storyteller
- I was a little miffed that we'd had such a poor fishing day. Times, Sunday Times
- It didn't break, but George was bleeding and had copped a bit of a shiner.
- Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve. How to make perfect strawberry jam