shin¹ /shin/

1. The forepart of the leg below the knee
2. The lower part of a leg of beef

1. To swarm, climb by gripping with the hands and legs (usu with up)
2. To use one's legs, hasten along

1. To climb by gripping with the hands and legs
2. To kick on the shins

shinˈ-barker noun

A dog that barks at one's shins

shinˈbone noun

The tibia

shin pad noun

A protective covering for the shin (also shin guard)

shinˈplaster noun (US; now obsolete)

1. Orig, a brown-paper patch for a sore on the shin
2. Paper money of low value

shin splints plural noun or singular noun

Inflammation of the muscles around the shinbone caused by strenuous exercise, esp running on hard surfaces

shin² /shēn/ or sin /sēn/

The twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• firwoods
• FIS
• FISA
• fisc
• fiscal
• fiscal cliff
• fiscal cliffs
• fiscal drag
• fiscally
• fiscals
• fiscal year
• fiscal years
• fiscs
• fisgig
• fisgigs
• fish
• fishable
• fishball
• fishballs
• fish-bellied
• fish-bone
• fish-bones
• fishburger
• fishburgers
• fish cake