SHINNY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shinny mean? 

• SHINNY (noun)
  The noun SHINNY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SHINNY used as a noun is very rare.

• SHINNY (verb)
  The verb SHINNY has 1 sense:

1. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

  Familiarity information: SHINNY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHINNY (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

shinney; shinny

Hypernyms ("shinny" is a kind of...):

field hockey; hockey (a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net)

• SHINNY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

clamber; scramble; shin; shinny; skin; sputter; struggle

Hypernyms (to "shinny" is one way to...):

climb (move with difficulty, by grasping)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP