Definition of "shins" [shins]

• Plural form of shin. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shin. (verb)

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• "Kicking people in the shins is not usually a very good way to achieve any of these things."
• "Raking this down the shins is very painful and should discourage most attackers."
• "Then Tom Steadman, coward that he was, struck her with his heavy stick, struck fair and straight at her poor little thin shins, a coward's blow."