shinnying

verb

Definition of shinnyingnext
present participle of shinny
as in shinning

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  1. clambering
  2. ascending
  3. climbing
Verb
  • On the night before the verdict, they were joined by more than a dozen journalists, clambering for the best angle of their emerging messages, pasted up on walls already crowded by other snippets of testimony and poetry.
    Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • This once meant waiting in long lines outside stores like Walmart and Best Buy in the early morning hours, clambering over one another to snag electronics, beauty items, and other unaffordable gifts at a steal.
    Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of clambering
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  • Don’t look now, but the Season 50 cast is just packed with ascending talent, from the reliably loopy Sarah Sherman to the masterfully extreme everyman Andrew Dismukes.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Passengers could pass the work of Georgia K-12 students (more than 300 every year in the T Gates and Concourse E) or crayon sculptures by Herb Williams (ascending elevator to Concourse D) on the way to their gate.
    Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of ascending
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  • While the Federal Reserve has been cutting short-term interest rates, yields at the long end of the curve have been steadily climbing higher.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • He is then approached by a social-climbing waiter named Stuart Morris (Jason Bateman), who convinces Jonathan that his aunt, Maureen Collier (Marion Ross), is his sister.
    Ashley Hume, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of climbing
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