Definition of "shin"

shin¹

/ʃɪn/

noun
plural shins
1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
2. A fishplate for a railway
verb
third-person singular simple present shins, present participle shinning, simple past and past participle shinned
1. (Britain, as "shin up") To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.
2. To strike with the shin.
  Quotations
  The warning signs had been there as Peter Cech had already had to palm away a stinging shot from Ronald Zubar but immediately afterwards the Blues goalkeeper could only watch in horror as defender Boswinga shinned the ball into his own net from Hunt's corner.
  2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC‎
3. (US, slang) To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.
  Quotations
  The Senator was shinning around, to get gold for the rascally bank-rags which he was obliged to take.
  1845 December 13, New York Commercial Advertiser

shin²

/ʃɪn/

noun
plural shins
1. The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia