"shinny" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shinny.wav Forms: shinny [canonical], shinny hockey [canonical]
Etymology: Variation of shinty. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shinny (uncountable)
  1. (Canada) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball. Tags: Canada, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shinny-en-noun-0LdFcB~s Categories (other): Canadian English
  2. (Canada) Street hockey. Tags: Canada, uncountable Categories (topical): Games, Sports
    Sense id: en-shinny-en-noun-MwFOwgUT Disambiguation of Games: 10 33 18 25 2 12 Disambiguation of Sports: 5 47 22 14 2 9 Categories (other): Canadian English
  3. (Canada, informal) Hockey. Tags: Canada, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shinny-en-noun-G8b-laJ5 Categories (other): Canadian English
  4. (US, anthropology) A hockey-like game played by American Indians. Tags: US, uncountable Categories (topical): Anthropology, Distilled beverages
    Sense id: en-shinny-en-noun-SShWB~m0 Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 12 24 17 37 4 7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 8 16 50 2 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 7 9 58 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 4 18 57 1 2 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shinny.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shinny (uncountable)
  1. Moonshine. (illegal alcohol) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-shinny-en-noun-BFm0PIWS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɪni/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shinny.wav Forms: shinnies [present, singular, third-person], shinnying [participle, present], shinnied [participle, past], shinnied [past]
Etymology: From shin (noun) + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shin|y|pos1=n}} shin (noun) + -y Head templates: {{en-verb}} shinny (third-person singular simple present shinnies, present participle shinnying, simple past and past participle shinnied)
  1. (intransitive) To climb in an awkward manner. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: shimmy, shin [British]
    Sense id: en-shinny-en-verb-FxZxcWFp Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shinny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shinny.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shinny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-shinny.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shinny"
}

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