shinning
SaySHIN-ing/ˈʃɪnɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of shin.
Shinning up the old oak, she scraped both knees on the rough bark.
The cat watched the children shinning over the garden wall.
Note
The doubled n keeps the vowel short: shin is one syllable ending in a single consonant, so it doubles before -ing. In the climbing sense it pairs with up or down and a mast, tree or rope, the climber gripping with arms and legs and using no steps. In American slang it can also mean hurrying about to borrow money to cover a payment.
shinning is a form of shin
shin, verb: To climb up or lower yourself down a mast, tree, or rope by gripping it with the arms and legs, without steps or spurs. Full entry
- Spelling
- shin → shinning: double the n, add -ing
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