chin
//ˈt͡ʃɪn//
Forms
- Plural
- chins
- present (v1)
- chin
- past (v2)
- chinned
- past participle (v3)
- chinned
- present participle
- chinning
- 3rd person singular
- chins
Definitions
1.The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
- What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?
2.Talk.(slang)
3.A lie, a falsehood.(slang)
4.A person of the upper class.(slang)
1.To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
- You can grunt and curse to your heart’s content but you cannot swing your body when chinning.
- The Englishmen had also been lifting weights and chinning themselves for years. Their bellies were like washboards. The muscles of their calves and upper arms were like cannonballs.
2.To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).
3.To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
- Jimmy sat down at the piano, and the scientist tuned, then chinned the violin.
- A comical fellow hopped down from a stump and chinned his fiddle while Prince Chang stared.
4.To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
- I was too tired to argue; I chinned the valve three or four times, felt a blast blistering my face.
- I landed kind of sloppily on hands and knees and chinned the squad frequency. “First squad sound off!”
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4428
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”).