Definition of "shin" in inglés

noun

1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

   • Soccer players have to wear protective gear so they don't injure their shins.

2. A fishplate for a railway

verb

1. To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.

   • to shin up a mast

2. To strike with the shin.

3. (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.

noun

1. The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia