shinny

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Recent Examples of shinny Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click. The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2022 The slippery custom began a half-century ago merely as a means to dissuade drunken daredevils from attempting to shinny up the poles in order to mingle with paying guests. Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 25 Jan. 2021 No hunter, regardless of how hard-core, wants to strap a 40-pound stand to his back, trek two miles back into the wilderness, then try to shinny up a tree with it. The Editors, Field & Stream, 22 Aug. 2019 Two hours south of Kazinga Channel is the Ishasha Sector of the park, home to the famous tree-climbing lions that shinny up ficus trees and nap during the hot afternoon hours. Tom Hanscom, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2019 There are now escape chutes (basically, giant collapsible fabric tubes for shinnying down) and small parachutes. Alex Williams, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2017 Daedalus ignored her and started shinnying up the pole. John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2017
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Verb
  • Otherwise known as Bloody Face, Thredson's murderous actions, including skinning victims, were motivated by his search for a mother figure after being abandoned as a child.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The baby used her tail to smack the bird before taking it underwater, resurfacing to show boaters the bird had been skinned, the group said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Alternatively, continue holding boat pose with your knees bent and shins parallel to the ground (rather than straightening your legs until your body is in a V-shape).
    Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 17 July 2025
  • During every chemotherapy cycle, 30 minutes before the medication is administered, the wraps are placed on the patient’s forearms and shins to begin the cooling process.
    Joanna Goodrich, IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2025

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“Shinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shinny. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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