Shin(v. i.)
- 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; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast.
Shin(v. i.)
- To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank.
Shin(v. t.)
- To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up.