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

shin

verb
 
/ʃɪn/
 
/ʃɪn/
(British English)
(North American English shinny)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shin
 
/ʃɪn/
 
/ʃɪn/
he / she / it shins
 
/ʃɪnz/
 
/ʃɪnz/
past simple shinned
 
/ʃɪnd/
 
/ʃɪnd/
past participle shinned
 
/ʃɪnd/
 
/ʃɪnd/
-ing form shinning
 
/ˈʃɪnɪŋ/
 
/ˈʃɪnɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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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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