shin

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

Definition categories: body

2. a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg

Definition categories: food, cut

3. the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Definition categories: communication, letter

4. the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle

Similar word(s): shinbone, tibia

Definition categories: body

verb

1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Similar word(s): clamber, scramble, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle

Definition categories: motion, climb

Sentences with shin as a verb:

- to shin up a mast