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shins

SaySHINZ/ʃɪnz/

2 meanings of shins

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of shin. Use this when you mean more than one shin.

    He banged both shins against the coffee table in the dark.

    The goalkeeper's shins were covered in bruises after the match.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Third-person singular simple present of shin. Use this for he, she, or it climbing now with hands and feet.

    She shins up the rope faster than anyone else in the class.

    The boy shins up the drainpipe whenever he forgets his key.

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shins is a form of shin

shin, noun: The front part of your leg between the knee and the ankle. Full entry

Forms
shinshins plural
Spelling
shin → shins: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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