I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
kick sb in the stomach/face/shin etc
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There was a scuffle and he kicked me in the stomach.
knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad (= a pad that you wear to protect a part of your body when you are playing a sport )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
kick
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I danced rigidly with Giacomo, kicking his shins and treading on his toes.
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The first time I went there, I extended my hand, and the patient proceeded to kick me in the shins .
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She manages to separate the boys forcibly, whereupon Victor kicks her shin .
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Of course, Sam said it again and I ran at him and kicked him in the shins .
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If you kick me on the shin , I feel pain.
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Hicks kicked him in the shin .
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If I kick you on the shin , I observe you hop and shout.
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What she had done was intended to kick his shin , but aimed too high.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A shower of pebbles fell short of her shin .
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Her ankles and shins were scratched and bloodied, her stockings shredded by the trackside weeds and nettles.
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It snapped back on its hinges and banged his left shin .
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Newcastle ace Dyer aggravated a long-standing shin problem in Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Manchester City.
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Sharp little incisors showed when he smiled, matching, in dainty repulsiveness, his naked shins.
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Then a shin guard is pulled over the whole thing.
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Tucker spiked Renteria on the left shin .
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When the man refused orders to halt and fled on foot, he was shot in the left shin , officers said.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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Nothing as cheap as an open window or shinning down a drainpipe at midnight or down paying a suitcase full of bricks.
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Commonsense prevailed and he shinned down amidst cheers and sighs of relief.
up
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Maintenance men could tell whether a pole - wooden or concrete - is dangerously cracked before shinning up it.
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Boys and girls shinned up trees to 10p off branches.
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But can not phone him from Twills as Mr Twill would insist on shinning up drainpipe himself and break femur.
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The animal was so tame that it shinned up his leg and dived into a deep pocket.
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Dave shinned up a handy conifer.
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He nodded encouragement to his fellows, and they shinned up after him and dropped down into the stockade.
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Now with her piggy back heart shinning up the climbing frame is childs play.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But can not phone him from Twills as Mr Twill would insist on shinning up drainpipe himself and break femur.
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Dave shinned up a handy conifer.
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He nodded encouragement to his fellows, and they shinned up after him and dropped down into the stockade.
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Maintenance men could tell whether a pole - wooden or concrete - is dangerously cracked before shinning up it.
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Nothing as cheap as an open window or shinning down a drainpipe at midnight or down paying a suitcase full of bricks.
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The animal was so tame that it shinned up his leg and dived into a deep pocket.