Shin
noun
The front part of your leg that's below the knee and above the ankle.
He slid down the tree and scraped his shin.
Often appears as...
- bruised shin
- shin guard
verb
To climb quickly, especially by using your hands and feet.
They had to shin up the rope to get to the top.
Often appears as...
- shin up
- shin down
Usage tips
Informal
noun
The front part of your leg that's below the knee and above the ankle.
He slid down the tree and scraped his shin.
Often appears as...
- bruised shin
- shin guard
verb
To climb quickly, especially by using your hands and feet.
They had to shin up the rope to get to the top.
Often appears as...
- shin up
- shin down
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Injury Context
Used to talk about injuries related to sports or accidents involving the front lower leg.
After the soccer game, my shin was swollen because the ball hit it hard.
Pro Tip 2/3Protective Gear
Associated with protective sports equipment, especially in soccer and other contact sports.
Always wear shin guards during practice to prevent injury.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Collocations
Often used with adjectives 'bruised', 'scraped', 'sore' to describe the condition of the shin after an impact.
She showed her bruised shin to the nurse.
Pro Tip 1/3Injury Context
Used to talk about injuries related to sports or accidents involving the front lower leg.
After the soccer game, my shin was swollen because the ball hit it hard.
Pro Tip 2/3Protective Gear
Associated with protective sports equipment, especially in soccer and other contact sports.
Always wear shin guards during practice to prevent injury.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Collocations
Often used with adjectives 'bruised', 'scraped', 'sore' to describe the condition of the shin after an impact.
She showed her bruised shin to the nurse.
Pro Tip 1/3Injury Context
Used to talk about injuries related to sports or accidents involving the front lower leg.
After the soccer game, my shin was swollen because the ball hit it hard.
Pro Tip 2/3Protective Gear
Associated with protective sports equipment, especially in soccer and other contact sports.
Always wear shin guards during practice to prevent injury.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Collocations
Often used with adjectives 'bruised', 'scraped', 'sore' to describe the condition of the shin after an impact.
She showed her bruised shin to the nurse.
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Distorting Madonna in...
the angels in the picture would be as tall as her shin bone, and her torso would be disproportionately small when compared to her legs. Maybe you thought the artist simply wasn't skilled enough to paint realistically or lacked the mathematical skill of perspective. But that's not the full story. To understand why, we need to go back to the late fifth century
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The Next Generation's...
um so this was a few years ago and at that time collecting chainpop was so important because one of the objectives of the work we're doing at the time was to determine their genetic linkage so i was so desperate to get shin poop rachel explained how she and a small group had spent a week in the forest
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Peter Attia: What if...
are still banging their shins into coffee tables. How much better would we be if we treated the cause -- telling people to pay attention when they walk through the living room -- rather than the effect? Getting the cause and the effect right makes all the difference in the world.
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Listening to shame -...
really honest with you when I became like a vulnerability researcher and that became the focus because of the TED talk and I'm not kidding that I'll give you an example about three months ago I was in a sporting goods store buying goggles and shin guards and all the things that
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Running: Ever Last PIPE...
full canopy running through with sword ferns cutting your shins and quads wide open trails where you can see exactly where you want to go five miles down the mountain I do love it all - most of us completing a marathon would be a lifetime accomplishment - a growing
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Is the obesity crisis...
world getting it wrong and the pharmaceutical industry can still do very well for its shareholders but nothing improves for the people with bruised shins cause and effect so what I'm suggesting is maybe we have the cause-and-effect wrong on obesity and
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Listening to shame PIPE...
and that became the focus because of the TED talk -- and I'm not kidding. I'll give you an example. About three months ago, I was in a sporting goods store buying goggles and shin guards and all the things that parents buy at the sporting goods store.
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Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupil...
whose shins were marked with lessons from climbing trees, who played until dusk, went in for supper by a paraffin lamp and returned to play hide-and-seek amongst centipedes and owls until finally someone's mother would call the whole thing to an end.
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Thai Kickboxers PIPE...
shin that's one of the most painful events in or out of a fighting ring start off slow man and then see how it feels then work your way up how that
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Ostrich Gives the...
the pinkness of his shins the shininess of his black feathers both indicate his sexual quality but he has yet to pass a crucial test
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Distorting Madonna in...
the angels in the picture would be as tall as her shin bone, and her torso would be disproportionately small when compared to her legs. Maybe you thought the artist simply wasn't skilled enough to paint realistically or lacked the mathematical skill of perspective. But that's not the full story. To understand why, we need to go back to the late fifth century
Video examples
The Next Generation's...
um so this was a few years ago and at that time collecting chainpop was so important because one of the objectives of the work we're doing at the time was to determine their genetic linkage so i was so desperate to get shin poop rachel explained how she and a small group had spent a week in the forest
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
are still banging their shins into coffee tables. How much better would we be if we treated the cause -- telling people to pay attention when they walk through the living room -- rather than the effect? Getting the cause and the effect right makes all the difference in the world.
Video examples
Listening to shame -...
really honest with you when I became like a vulnerability researcher and that became the focus because of the TED talk and I'm not kidding that I'll give you an example about three months ago I was in a sporting goods store buying goggles and shin guards and all the things that
Video examples
Running: Ever Last PIPE...
full canopy running through with sword ferns cutting your shins and quads wide open trails where you can see exactly where you want to go five miles down the mountain I do love it all - most of us completing a marathon would be a lifetime accomplishment - a growing
Video examples
Is the obesity crisis...
world getting it wrong and the pharmaceutical industry can still do very well for its shareholders but nothing improves for the people with bruised shins cause and effect so what I'm suggesting is maybe we have the cause-and-effect wrong on obesity and
Video examples
Listening to shame PIPE...
and that became the focus because of the TED talk -- and I'm not kidding. I'll give you an example. About three months ago, I was in a sporting goods store buying goggles and shin guards and all the things that parents buy at the sporting goods store.
Video examples
Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupil...
whose shins were marked with lessons from climbing trees, who played until dusk, went in for supper by a paraffin lamp and returned to play hide-and-seek amongst centipedes and owls until finally someone's mother would call the whole thing to an end.
Video examples
Thai Kickboxers PIPE...
shin that's one of the most painful events in or out of a fighting ring start off slow man and then see how it feels then work your way up how that
Video examples
Ostrich Gives the...
the pinkness of his shins the shininess of his black feathers both indicate his sexual quality but he has yet to pass a crucial test
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Laurieann Gibson
Canadian Director
I like to always remind my dancers about ways to avoid injury. One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to always make sure to stretch and warm up your body. This will loosen up your muscles, which will help to avoid common strain injuries such as shin splints and ankle strains.
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Evel Knievel
American Entertainer
You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine is pretty low. I got hit in the shin with a golf ball once, and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I've had broken bones that didn't hurt as bad.
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Salvador Dali
Spanish Artist
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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Artem Lobov
Russian Mixed Martial Artist
It might seem that way, but getting hit with a bare knuckle is not as raw as getting hit with a bare knee, or getting kicked with a shin to your head, which I have been a few times. In that sense, it's nothing.
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Richard Hammond
English Entertainer
I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.
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Kate Adie
British Journalist
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
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Fabio Capello
Italian Football Player
When a man crosses his legs and the trouser leg rides up to show the hairy shins, it offends my eyes.
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Tony McCoy
Irish Athlete
When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.
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Luka Modric
Croatian Athlete
I remember my first shin pads had the Brazilian Ronaldo on them, and I loved them.
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Mae West
American Actress
Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
Quote examples
Laurieann Gibson
Canadian Director
I like to always remind my dancers about ways to avoid injury. One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to always make sure to stretch and warm up your body. This will loosen up your muscles, which will help to avoid common strain injuries such as shin splints and ankle strains.
Quote examples
Evel Knievel
American Entertainer
You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine is pretty low. I got hit in the shin with a golf ball once, and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I've had broken bones that didn't hurt as bad.
Quote examples
Salvador Dali
Spanish Artist
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Quote examples
Artem Lobov
Russian Mixed Martial Artist
It might seem that way, but getting hit with a bare knuckle is not as raw as getting hit with a bare knee, or getting kicked with a shin to your head, which I have been a few times. In that sense, it's nothing.
Quote examples
Richard Hammond
English Entertainer
I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.
Quote examples
Kate Adie
British Journalist
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.
Quote examples
Fabio Capello
Italian Football Player
When a man crosses his legs and the trouser leg rides up to show the hairy shins, it offends my eyes.
Quote examples
Tony McCoy
Irish Athlete
When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.
Quote examples
Luka Modric
Croatian Athlete
I remember my first shin pads had the Brazilian Ronaldo on them, and I loved them.
Quote examples
Mae West
American Actress
Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins.
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