shin
noun
the front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
shinned
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past participleof shin.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof shin.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
shinnounthe front part of the leg from the knee to the ankle.
Example Sentences
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And the 37-year-old settled the game when he shinned Lamine Yamal's header across goal and past his own keeper.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
Clucas' effort took a deflection off the boot of Moussa Sissoko and flew into the corner, while Tymon shinned a first-time cross over Elliot's head.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2021
“See, it’s not difficult,” Mr. Violini, a restoration specialist at the Vatican Museums, said as he slowly shinned up the frescoed stairwell leading up to a once-private papal chapel in Rome.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2019
Out went Geoff Cameron, whose shinned clearance had gifted Nani the opening goal against Portugal, and whose drop in concentration was a contributing factor, but certainly not the sole cause, in the second.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2014
The prairie falcon and the sharp- shinned hawk were there, too.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
