Shin (Verb)
Meaning
Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- I had to shin up the drainpipe to get to the broken window.
- She had to shin up the tree to rescue her kitten.
- The only way to reach the top shelf was to shin up the back of the bookcase.
- He did not have a ladder so he had to shin up the side of the building.
- To get across the river he had to shin up a tree and jump to the other side.