Definition of Shinnying

1. Verb. (present participle of shinny) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shinnying

1. shinny [v] - See also: shinny

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shinnying

shinne
shinned
shinner
shinneries
shinners
shinnery
shinnes
shinney
shinneyed
shinneying
shinneys
shinnied
shinnies
shinning
shinny
shinnying
shinobi
shinobis
shinpad
shinpads
shinplaster
shinplasters
shins
shinsplint
shinsplints
shintaido
shinties
shinty
shiny
shiny lyonia

Literary usage of Shinnying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience by Harry Alverson Franck (1911)
"Strange fortune if we were finished when the cry of " touch off the lights " sent us shinnying up the tent poles and ropes in Jack Tar fashion to kindle the ..."

2. Our Young Folks by John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, Gail Hamilton (1871)
"Toy introduced me to Osowa, and acted as interpreter a little while, then betook himself to "shinnying" with the braves, while Osowa and I played deer ..."

3. Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram (1917)
"... like agile monkeys shinnying up a stick, and came running ashore to see themselves as "ithers" saw them. Allan had to make a dash for it, for he hadn't ..."

4. Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram (1917)
"... like agile monkeys shinnying up a stick, and came running ashore to see themselves as "ithers" saw them. Allan had to make a dash for it, for he hadn't ..."

5. Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission by James Anthony Walsh (1919)
"The waiters in the dining-room are divided between the two races, Japanese and Chinese, each "shinnying on his own side," and we were assigned to that of ..."

6. Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission by James Anthony Walsh (1919)
"The waiters in the dining-room are divided between the two races, Japanese and Chinese, each "shinnying on his own side," and we were assigned to that of ..."

7. Observations in the Orient: The Account of a Journey to Catholic Mission by James Anthony Walsh (1919)
"The waiters in the dining-room are divided between the two races, Japanese and Chinese, each "shinnying on his own side," and we were assigned to that of ..."

8. We Discover New England by Louise Closser Hale, Walter Hale (1915)
"He had a way of shinnying up the post and sliding down again that was not as suitable to the swinging sign of the inn as would have been the older method of ..."

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