shin
noun/ʃɪn/
/ʃɪn/
- the front part of the leg below the knee
- She had a nasty cut on her shin.
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc1- I kicked him hard in the shins to shut him up.
- I barked (= rubbed the skin off) my shin on a tree stump.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + shin- kick (somebody in/on)
- bang
- bruise
- …
- bone
- guard
- pad
- …
- on the/your shin
Word OriginOld English scinu, probably from a Germanic base meaning ‘narrow or thin piece’; related to German Schiene ‘thin plate’ and Dutch scheen. The verb was originally in nautical use (early 19th cent.).Definitions on the go
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