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im assuming you mean shiMMied up a tree. it means wiggled, climbed slowly up a tree.

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shinny

"to climb a rope, pole, etc.," 1888, from use of shins and ankles to do so; see shin.

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"Shinnied up a tree" means climbing up a tree quickly and with agility often by gripping the trunk tightly and using upper body strength.

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Climb a tree without branches. You grab on to it and kind of pull yourself up. There's videos on YouTube of people doing it on lightpoles.

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