Examples of “shin” in a Sentence

noun The front part of the lower leg, between the knee and the ankle.

• He banged his shin on the coffee table.
• Football players wear pads to protect their shins.
• The goalkeeper winced when a stray ball hit him on the shin.

verb To climb up or down something, such as a pole or rope, using only the arms and legs.

• The boy shinned up the tree to fetch the ball.
• The scouts shinned up the rope to reach the high platform.
• I watched the monkey shin down the tall pole with ease.