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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shinny
Verb
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Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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The L'Oreal Paris Revitalift Eye Cream tackles wrinkles, reduces dark circles, and even firms skin thanks to its skin-friendly formula that contains both pro-retinol and centella asiatica.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Mays hit for both power and for average while also shinning at running, throwing and fielding.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN,
19 June 2024
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The levante is the easterly blow favored by windsurfers that causes heavy swells, casts apocalyptic clouds, and gives shins an unwanted microdermabrasion.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 May 2024
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“Shinny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shinny. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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