shinny

[shin-ee]

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noun, plural shin·nies.

a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
the club used.

verb (used without object), shin·nied, shin·ny·ing.

to play shinny.
to drive the ball at shinny.

Origin of shinny

First recorded in 1665–75; variant of shin ye, cry used in the game

shinny

[shin-ee]

verb (used without object), shin·nied, shin·ny·ing.

shin¹(def 5): He shinnied up the tree.

Origin of shinny

1850–55, Americanism; apparently derivative of shin¹; source of -y is unclear

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for shinny

bandy, hurley, hurling, shinny, shinty

Examples from the Web for shinny

Historical Examples of shinny

The games they enjoyed most were "Shinny" and a game played on the ice in the winter.
Old Rail Fence Corners
Various
When they had been chosen, David had to shinny up them to lop off their branches.
David and the Phoenix
Edward Ormondroyd
The beam was too massive to shinny, yet too narrow to lie inside and elbow up.
A Matter of Proportion
Anne Walker
Strong and the boys felt that Shinny would let them know when he was ready.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
Carey Rockwell
I mean she would never 'shinny' up a straight, slivery beam.
The Brass Bound Box
Evelyn Raymond

Word Origin and History for shinny

"to climb a rope, pole, etc.," 1888, from use of shins and ankles to do so; see shin (n.). Earlier simply shin (1829). Related: Shinnied; shinnying.

also shinney, primitive form of hockey, 1670s, perhaps from Gaelic sinteag "a bound, a leap." OED suggests origin from shin ye "the cry used in the game."