SHIN / SHINNY UP / DOWN STH

Meaning of SHIN / SHINNY UP / DOWN STH in English

( informal ) to climb up or down sth quickly, using your hands and legs :

He shinned down the drainpipe and ran off.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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SHINNY — I. noun also shinney Etymology: perhaps from 1shin Date: 1672 a variation of hockey played by children with a curved …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHINNY — I. noun also shin·ney ˈshinē, -ni ( -es ) Etymology: perhaps from shin (I) + -y; from the damage done …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIN — I. ˈshin noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shine, from Old English scinu; akin to Middle Dutch schene shin, …
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DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
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STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIN — (v. i.) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, …
Английский словарь Webster
SHIN — (n.) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part …
Английский словарь Webster
SHIN — ( v. i. ) To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIN — ( n. ) The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHINNY — shinny 1 /shin"ee/ , n. , pl. shinnies , v. , shinnied, shinnying . n. 1. a simple variety of …
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SHIN — /shin, sheen/ , n. Buddhism. a Japanese offshoot of the Pure Land Sect, requiring only faith in Amida for salvation …
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SHIN — shin 1 /shin/ , n. , v. , shinned, shinning . n. 1. the front part of the leg from …
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DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHINNY — v. climb by wrapping one's arms and legs around an object and pulling oneself upward
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHINNY — I. noun also shin·ney ˈshi-nē Etymology: perhaps from shin (I) Date: 1672 : a variation of hockey played by children …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHIN — I. ˈshin noun Etymology: Middle English shine, from Old English scinu; akin to Old High German scina shin, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SHIN — noun a fish plate for rails. 2. shin ·vt to climb (a pole, ·etc.) by shinning up. 3. shin ·vi …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
SHINNY — ~ 1 ■ verb ( shinnies , ~ing , shinnied ) North American term for shin . Origin C19: from …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHINNY — [shin.ny] also shin.ney n [perh. fr. [1]shin] (1672): a variation of hockey played by children with a curved stick and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHIN — [shin] n [ME shine, fr. OE scinu; akin to OHG scina shin, OE scia shin, leg] (bef. 12c): the front …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHINNY — shinn|y BrE AmE ˈʃɪn |i ▷ shinn|ied id ▷ shinn|ies iz ▷ shinn|ying i‿ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHIN — shin BrE AmE ʃɪn ▷ shinned ʃɪnd ▷ shinning ˈʃɪn ɪŋ ▷ shins ʃɪnz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHINNY — / ˈʃɪni; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( shin·nies , shinny·ing , shin·nied , shin·nied ) ( NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHIN — / ʃɪn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun the front part of the leg below the knee —picture at …
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DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHINNY — shin ‧ ny /ˈʃɪni/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle shinnied , present participle shinnying , third …
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SHIN — I. shin 1 /ʃɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scinu ] the front part of …
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DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHINNY — v.intr. (-ies, -ied) (usu. foll. by up, down) US colloq. shin (up or down a tree etc.).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHIN — n. & v. --n. 1 the front of the leg below the knee. 2 a cut of beef from the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHINNY — v.intr. (-ies, -ied) (usu. foll. by up, down) US colloq. shin (up or down a tree etc.).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHIN — n. & v. n. 1 the front of the leg below the knee. 2 a cut of beef from the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHINNY — v.intr. (-ies, -ied) (usu. foll. by up, down) US colloq. shin (up or down a tree etc.).
Oxford English vocab
SHIN — n. & v. --n. 1. the front of the leg below the knee. 2 a cut of beef from the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHINNY — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ His brother was eight and spent two days learning how to shinny up to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES kick sb in the stomach/face/shin etc ▪ There was a scuffle and he kicked …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHINNY — [verb] [I] - US and ANZ for shin (CLIMB)
Cambridge English vocab
SHIN — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - the front part of your leg between your knee and your footShe's got a nasty …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHIN — Synonyms and related words : ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, clamber, clamber up, climb, climb over, climb up, cnemis, dash, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHIN — noun VERB + SHIN ▪ kick (sb in/on) ▪ I kicked him hard in the ~s to shut him up. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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