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Definition of shin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shin

noun
 
/ʃɪn/
 
/ʃɪn/
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  1. the front part of the leg below the knee
    • She had a nasty cut on her shin.
    Extra Examples
    • I kicked him hard in the shins to shut him up.
    • I barked (= rubbed the skin off) my shin on a tree stump.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + shin
    • kick (somebody in/​on)
    • bang
    • bruise
    • …
    shin + noun
    • bone
    • guard
    • pad
    • …
    preposition
    • on the/​your shin
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    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.).
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