shinnying

Bert was a sturdy chap, and soon he was "shinnying," or climbing, up the rope like a human monkey.

The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair Laura Lee Hope

By the end, with races through the forest between jeeps and horse-drawn carriages - and an escape that involves shinnying along a pipe underneath a Nazi-held bridge in broad daylight, the film stretches the ability of the viewer to suspend disbelief, as it marches into "Oh, come on.." territory.

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Winter in Wartime Marshall Fine 2011

By the end, with races through the forest between jeeps and horse-drawn carriages - and an escape that involves shinnying along a pipe underneath a Nazi-held bridge in broad daylight, the film stretches the ability of the viewer to suspend disbelief, as it marches into "Oh, come on.." territory.

Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Winter in Wartime Marshall Fine 2011

My first reaction: dude supports three teenagers by shinnying up trees all day?

Bob Harris: A Near-Zero-Cost Approach to Do-Gooding: My 375th Kiva Loan 2010

In the year of the census, Montana's grizzly bears are standing up -- or, rather, shinnying up against trees -- to be counted.

Hair rub technique appears to yield cheaper, more accurate data on grizzlies 2010

My first reaction: dude supports three teenagers by shinnying up trees all day?

A Near-Zero-Cost Approach to Do-Gooding: My 375th Kiva Loan 2010

Instead, the gold standard of checks and balances was abandoned and we began shinnying out on that precarious limb of borrowing against the future; big time.

Printing: U.S. economy in trouble and why 2010

Instead, the gold standard of checks and balances was abandoned and we began shinnying out on that precarious limb of borrowing against the future; big time.

U.S. economy in trouble and why 2010

My first reaction: dude supports three teenagers by shinnying up trees all day?

Bob Harris: A Near-Zero-Cost Approach to Do-Gooding: My 375th Kiva Loan 2009

She was already shinnying down the rock spill, heedless of torn clothing, skinned knuckles, and broken fingernails, her mind racing.

Sudden Rain Maritta Wolff 2009