shinny

¹

[ shin-ee ]

noun

, plural shin·nies.

1. a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end.
2. the club used.

verb (used without object)

, shin·nied, shin·ny·ing.

1. to play shinny.
2. to drive the ball at shinny.

shinny

²

[ shin-ee ]

verb (used without object)

, shin·nied, shin·ny·ing.

1. shin ¹( def 5 ):

   He shinnied up the tree.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shinny¹

First recorded in 1665–75; variant of shin ye, cry used in the game

Origin of shinny²

1850–55, Americanism; apparently derivative of shin ¹; source of -y is unclear

Example Sentences

Father Tom says its nothing but old-fashioned shinny with a fancy name tacked onto it, declared Bobby Hargrew.

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Would the public meekly submit to this standard and shinny up poles all their lives?

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He apes your fashion in suspenders, the tilt of your cap, your method in shinny.

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"Just cut one of these smaller trees, brace it against the crotch of the sycamore, and shinny up it," Melinda asserted.

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They play football and several kinds of shinny, using long bones for shinny sticks.

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