1. shin - Noun
2. shin - Verb
3. Shin - Proper noun
The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank.
A fish plate for rails.
To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.
To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob. Salvador Dalí
Shin a device for finding furniture in the dark. Steven Wright
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff. Kate Adie
Fang? Are you- like Max?" asked Dr. Martinez. "Nope,"he said, sounding bored. "I'm the smart one." I resisted the urge to kick him in the shin. James Patterson
Don't be breaking your shin on a stool that's not in your way. Irish Proverb
De Shin bedrêgt. Bökinghard Frisian Proverb