Shinny

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Ice, street, or field hockey played informally with a ball, can, or similar object.
  • n. The stick used when playing this game.
  • verb-intransitive. To climb by shinning.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To climb in an awkward manner.
  • n. An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.
  • n. Street hockey.
  • n. Hockey.
  • n. Moonshine (illegal alcohol)
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The game of hockey or bandy-ball. See hockey.
  • n. 2. The club used in this game.
  • To play shinny; knock the ball at shinny.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
  • v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  • Verb Form
    shinnied    shinnies    shinnying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hockey    field hockey    climb   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hockey   
    Same Context
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