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What does the noun shine mean?

There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun shine. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is used in U.S. English.

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OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

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How common is the noun shine?

About 0.06occurrences per million words in modern written English

1830	0.1
1840	0.1
1850	0.1
1860	0.1
1870	0.1
1880	0.098
1890	0.094
1900	0.088
1910	0.084
1920	0.079
1930	0.073
1940	0.068
1950	0.063
1960	0.061
1970	0.062
1980	0.063
1990	0.063
2000	0.064
2010	0.067

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How is the noun shine pronounced?

British English

/ʃʌɪn/

shighn

U.S. English

/ʃaɪn/

shighn

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Where does the noun shine come from?

Earliest known use

1830s

The earliest known use of the noun shine is in the 1830s.

OED's earliest evidence for shine is from 1830, in the writing of N. Dana.

shine is perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

Etymons: shine n.1

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Shin Bet, n.1964–
shinbin, n.1791–
shinbone, n.Old English–
shin-cracker, n.1928–
shinder, v.c1390–1400
shindig, n.1859–
shindle, n.1585–
shindle, v.?c1225
shindy, n.1821–
shine, n.¹a1529–
shine, n.²1830–
shine, adj.1596–1603
shine, v.Old English–
shineless, adj.1882–
shiner, n.1398–
shiness, n.Old English–1300
shingle, n.¹c1200–
shingle, n.²1513–
shingle, n.³1660–88
shingle, v.¹1562–
shingle, v.²1674–

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Entry history for shine, n.²

shine, n.² was first published in 1914; not yet revised.

shine, n.² was last modified in December 2023.

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Revisions and additions of this kind were last incorporated into shine, n.² in December 2023.

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Shin Bet, n.1964–
shinbin, n.1791–
shinbone, n.Old English–
shin-cracker, n.1928–
shinder, v.c1390–1400
shindig, n.1859–
shindle, n.1585–
shindle, v.?c1225
shindy, n.1821–
shine, n.¹a1529–
shine, n.²1830–
shine, adj.1596–1603
shine, v.Old English–
shineless, adj.1882–
shiner, n.1398–
shiness, n.Old English–1300
shingle, n.¹c1200–
shingle, n.²1513–
shingle, n.³1660–88
shingle, v.¹1562–
shingle, v.²1674–

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