SHINNY


Meaning of SHINNY in English

shinny 1

/shin"ee/ , n. , pl. shinnies , v. , shinnied, shinnying .

n.

1. a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.

2. the club used.

v.i.

3. to play shinny.

4. to drive the ball at shinny.

[ 1665-75; var. of shin ye, cry used in the game ]

shinny 2

/shin"ee/ , v.i. , shinnied, shinnying .

to shin: He shinnied up the tree.

[ 1850-55, Amer.; appar. deriv. of SHIN 1 ; source of -y is unclear ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .