Synonyms for shinny

Most common

skin · scramble · sputter · clamber · shimmy

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To climb in an awkward manner.

2. n. 1

   An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.

   In shinny, everyone wins. Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains.

Forms

Past participle

shinnied
e.g. shinnied → shinned, skinned, sputtered, struggled…

Example sentences

• skin Her skin is coarse from years of working outdoors.
• scramble A failed omelet makes a pretty good scramble.
• sputter They can't help but sputter excuses for their sorry behavior.
• clamber She watched the tiny puppy clamber up the big stairs.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

skin¹, shin¹

6 letters

hockey², shimmy²

7 letters

sputter², clamber², shinney

8 letters

struggle², scramble²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hockey² = 2 syllables).