Shinny (Noun)
Meaning
A simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The kids in the neighborhood loved playing a pickup game of shinny on the outdoor ice rink every winter afternoon.
- Shinny was all we knew before our town got a real hockey rink and an organized team.
- Instead of using an actual puck, we used a flattened tin can to play shinny on the frozen pond.
- I used to be terrible at passing the ball in our street shinny games when I was a kid.
- On weekends, you could always find a group of kids playing shinny down at the local park.