What is another word for SHINS?

Pronunciation: [ʃˈɪnz] (IPA)

Shins refer to the front part of the lower leg, located between the knee and the ankle joints. Several synonyms used for shins include tibias, lower legs, calves, and legs. Tibias are a part of the body that forms the lower aspect of the knee joint and the higher part of the ankle joint. The calves are the fleshy rear part of the leg below the knee. Legs represent the part of the body extending from the groin to the ankle or foot, including the thigh, knee, and shank. In short, shins are one of the body parts we use the most and the various synonyms for them allow for diversity in how we describe them.

What are the hypernyms for Shins?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    legs, lower extremities, lower limbs.

Usage examples for Shins

It rolled against one of the carpenters who was standing with his back to it, and hitting against his SHINS, sent him sprawling.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
Stiff and sore he was, his clothes were mostly soaked and caked with mire, and he did not know what he had not done to his SHINS and knees and elbows; but he did not mind all that; Honnor Cunyngham was right-as he rode down Strathaivron that evening towards the lodge, it would not be of fatigues and privations he would be thinking!
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
Guess I'll fall over it and hurt my SHINS in a minute.
"The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune"
Wilbur Lawton

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