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chin (c̸hin)

noun

the part of the face below the lower lip; projecting part of the lower jaw

Etymology: ME < OE cin < IE base *ĝenu-, chin, jawbone > Goth kinnus, cheek, L gena, cheek, Gr genys, chin

transitive verb chinned, chin·ning

Gym. to pull (oneself) up, while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar, until the chin is just above the level of the bar

intransitive verb

  1. Slang to converse idly; chat, gossip, etc.
  2. to chin oneself

chin Idioms

keep one's chin up

to bear up bravely under trying circumstances

take it on the chin

Slang to suffer defeat, severe hardship, etc.

Chin Definition

Chin

Chinese

chin Synonyms

chin

n.

chin Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dimple: With more than admiration he admired Her azure veins, her alabaster skin, Her coral lips, her snow-white dimpled chin.
  • jut: Breathing Breathe early in the pull, without raising or jutting the chin.
  • recede: Origin Members of the upper classes, by repute, often have minor genetic abnormalities like receding chins.
  • tuck: Take the strain off your neck by slightly tucking the chin in toward the chest.
  • lift: Open and clear the airway immediately by lifting chin forward and tilting the forehead back.
  • rest: I sat down amidst a black cluster of shrubs, and rested, chin on hand.

Preposition: up

  • mate: Chin up mate, it may not be as bad as you think.

Adjective modifier

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  • pointed: Beneath the pointed chin a second, fatty version was forming.
  • rounded: Hands still clasped together tightly beneath her rounded chin, she surveyed download free need for speed full game him with intense interest.
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  • prominent: They had small eyebrow ridges and their lower jaw ended in a prominent chin.
  • weak: Thus ' intelligent ' faces had high brows and weak chins, whereas ' stupid ' faces had low brows and broad chins.

Modifies a noun

  • wag: Under 4: are the only few years you can invite a few of your own friends for a good old chin wag.
  • strap: The helmets will be provided with chin straps for use at heights.
  • guard: I would like to order, if possible, two of the chin guards plus neoprene that you have fitted to the visor.
  • lift: After three strokes the blood pours out; the chin lift which supports the head is removed, but the animal does not collapse.
  • rest: It used gut strings and lacked the chin rest.
  • bar: Each time you go toward the chin bar, you drag.

Noun used with modifier

  • firm: The line from the nose tip to the very firm chin should be straight.
chin Quotes

He had no nose, properly speaking, but a large beak of preposterous widthlessness, which gave his whole face the expression of falling gravely downstairs, and quite obliterated the unimportant chin.

—cummings, e e pen name of  Edward Estlin Cummings

Take it on the chin and move on.

—Naipaul, Sir V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad)

I'm up to the chin in heaven.

—Middleton,Thomas