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shinnying
present participle ofshinny
shinny
verb[ I+ adv/prep ]
USuk /ˈʃɪn.i/ us /ˈʃɪn.i/
to climb smoothly up, down, or along something by holding it tightly with your arms and legs: 攀，爬（同 shin）
People shinnied up telegraph poles, clambered onto rooftops and even swarmed the field to watch games.
She attempted to shinny along a ledge to get in through the window.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to move onto or towards the top of something
climbIt was an effort to climb the stairs.
ascendShe ascended the podium and began to speak.
scaleHe claims to have scaled every peak of the Himalayas.
mountThe cowboy mounted his horse and rode off into the sunset.
Tree climbers shinnied up the tree.
The prisoner gave himself 11 minutes to make his way through the window, shinny down a drainpipe, climb a fence and disappear.
It gave the thief the chance to shinny down the back of the trailer, leaving footprints behind on the rear doors.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving upwards
ascend
ascension
ascent
be on an upward/downward trajectoryidiom
bristle
clamber
come
come up
heave
levitate
levitation
mount
pull
rear
rise
scale
scramble
shinny
soaring
upwardly
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