[{"word":"shins","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone: Shinbone","synonyms":["tibia"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A fishplate for a railway.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["tibia"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"(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.","synonyms":["shinny"],"antonyms":[],"example":"to shin up a mast"},{"definition":"To strike with the shin.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as when trying to make a payment.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["shinny"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): Shin (letter)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shin","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shins"]}]