shinny

[shin-ee] Origin

shin·ny

1[shin-ee] noun, plural shin·nies, verb, shin·nied, shin·ny·ing.
noun
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)
3.
to play shinny.
4.
to drive the ball at shinny.

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Origin:
1665–75; variant of shin ye, cry used in the game
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shin·ny

2[shin-ee]
verb (used without object), shin·nied, shin·ny·ing.
to shin: He shinnied up the tree.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; apparently derivative of shin1; source of -y is unclear
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shinty or (US and Canadian) shinny (ˈʃɪntɪ, ˈʃɪnɪ)
 
n , pl -ties, -nies
1.  a simple form of hockey of Scottish origin played with a ball and sticks curved at the lower end
2.  the stick used in this game
 
vb , -ties, -nies, -ties, -tying, -tied, -nies, -nying, -nied
3.  to play shinty
 
[C17: possibly from Scottish Gaelic sinteag a pace, bound]
 
shinny or (US and Canadian) shinny
 
n
 
vb
 
[C17: possibly from Scottish Gaelic sinteag a pace, bound]

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shinny
"to climb a rope, pole, etc.," 1888, from use of shins and ankles to do so; see shin.
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shinny
primitive form of hockey, 1672, perhaps from Gael. sinteag "a bound, a leap."
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