What is the meaning of SHIN. Phrases containing SHIN
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Shindy is slang for an uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
To take the shine off, is to surpass in beauty or excellence. To take a shine to a person, is to take a fancy to him or her. To cut or make a shine, is to make a great display.
Shin is American slang for to run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily. Shin is American prison slang for a contraband weapon, a gun or knife.
Shiny bum brigade is British slang for office workers.
Never saw the sun shine brighter
I never felt better. In reply to the question, "How are you feeling? I never saw the sun shine brighter!"
Shine is British slang for money.Shine is derogatory American slang for a Black person.
Starting time (probably from old Negro spiritual "Rise and Shine")
Shinner is American slang for a person who borrows money.
Brakeman's or switchman's lantern
Shin−plaster is American and Australian slang for a bank note, especially one of low denomination. Shin−plaster was Canadian slang for a twenty−five cent note.
An expression of disbelief or surprise. Used to replace 'no shit'; "No shintock!"
Shined−on is American slang for ignored, disregarded.
Shiner is slang for a black eye.Shiner is slang for a bright piece of money.Shiner is slang for a jewel.Shiner is slang for a window−cleaner.Shiner was old slang for a mirror used in cheating at cards.
Many shoe shiners in cities are black.
A crowded noisy party. From shin + dig, caused by too many people in too small a space.
A poem recited in the minutes after wakey-wakey, usually in a faint attempt to get the sleepy sailors to rise out of their racks. "Wakey, wakey, rise and shine! You've had yours and I've had mine. Hands off cocks, on socks, its breakfast time!" Historically, the term was "rouse and shine".
Shiny and bright is London Cockney rhyming slang for alright.
In reference to the shine their skin can sometimes give off. Also a 1920's main occupation, shoe shiners.
Shindig is slang for a party.
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n.
The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen.
a.
Abounding with shingle, or gravel.
n.
A sign for an office or a shop; as, to hang out one's shingle.
v. t.
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, as shingles on a roof.
n.
The game of hockey; -- so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small freshwater American cyprinoid fishes, belonging to Notropis, or Minnilus, and allied genera; as the redfin (Notropis megalops), and the golden shiner (Notemigonus chrysoleucus) of the Eastern United States; also loosely applied to various other silvery fishes, as the dollar fish, or horsefish, menhaden, moonfish, sailor's choice, and the sparada.
a.
Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.
v. t.
To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.
imp. &. p. p.
of Shingle
n.
A machine for shingling puddled iron.
n.
One who shingles.
v. t.
To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light; as, in hunting, to shine the eyes of a deer at night by throwing a light on them.
n.
That which shines.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Shingle
a.
Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.
v. i.
Shining; sheen.
n.
Alt. of Shintiism
v. t.
To subject to the process of shindling, as a mass of iron from the pudding furnace.
n.
The act of covering with shingles; shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.
n.
An adherent of Shintoism.
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