Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shin

4 senses of shin

Sense 1
shin -- (the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle)
       => body part -- (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Sense 2
shin, shin bone -- (a cut of meat from the lower part of the leg)
       => cut, cut of meat -- (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Sense 3
shin -- (the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet)
       => letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character -- (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters")

Sense 4
tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin -- (the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle)
       => leg bone -- (a bone of the leg)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shin

1 sense of shin

Sense 1
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter -- (climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling)
       => climb -- (move with difficulty, by grasping)