Definitions for shins

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Spelling: [shin]

IPA: /ʃɪn/

Shins is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 34 anagrams from letters in shins (hinss).

Definitions for shins

noun

1. the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
2. the lower part of the foreleg in cattle.
3. the shinbone or tibia, especially its sharp edge or front portion.
4. Chiefly British. a cut of beef similar to the U.S. shank, usually cut into small pieces for stewing.
5. the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
6. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
7. the 13th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
8. a Japanese offshoot of the Pure Land Sect, requiring only faith in Amida for salvation through his accumulated merit.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to climb by holding fast with the hands or arms and legs and drawing oneself up.

Origin of shins

before 1000; Middle English shine, Old English scinu; cognate with Dutch scheen, German Schien(bein)

Examples for shins

Afraid the Korean secret police would not believe his kidnapping story, shin settled in Hollywood.

One of the most famous directors of this era was shin Sang-ok (신상옥).

Why, how you tore your pants; and your shin 's a bleeding, too.

An x-ray two hours later confirms my hunch: my tibia (the big bone behind the shin) is snapped clean in two.

John's shin was badly bruised, and Perry Alford had wrenched his ankle.

His heel lashed back and caught the shin of the man behind him.

shin eventually escaped North Korean captivity while in Vienna.

Then, in sudden viciousness, Link kicked out, taking Dave in the shin.

"We'll make 'em pay for that shin," says he, with a kind of it's-coming-to-us grin.

So upon his release in 1997, Yousef agreed to a meeting with shin Bet.