chin

Pluralchins

Formschins, chinning, chinned

1. 1
   nouncountable

   The part of your face below your mouth, where your jaw sticks out.

   She rested her chin on her hands and listened.

   He has a strong, square chin.

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2. 2
   verbintransitivereflexive

   To pull yourself up while hanging from a bar until your chin is above it.

   He can chin twenty times without resting.

   She chins every morning at the gym.

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3. 3
   verbUKtransitive

   To hit someone hard, especially on the chin.

   Don't chin him, you'll get arrested.

   He chinned the bloke who insulted his sister.

   Similarpunch, hit, slug, deck, thump

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The ability to take a punch to the jaw without falling down.

   Like a phone that survives being dropped without the screen cracking.

   The champion has a great chin and rarely goes down.

   Critics questioned the boxer's chin after the knockout.

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   The strip at the bottom of a phone, below the screen.

   This model has a thick chin below the display.

   Reviewers complained about the phone's large chin.

6. 6
   nouncountable

   The lower front part of a plane, below the nose.

   The radar sits in the chin of the aircraft.

   Engineers mounted a camera under the helicopter's chin.

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7. 7
   verbtransitive

   To point at someone or something using your chin.

   Don't chin the waiter, just raise your hand.

   He chinned the doorway to show where she had gone.

   Similarindicate

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8. 8
   verbtransitive

   To hold a musical instrument up against your chin.

   She chinned her violin and began to play.

   You chin the fiddle and tuck it under your jaw.

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9. 9
   verbtransitive

   To rest your chin on top of something.

   She chinned the table edge while waiting for dinner.

   He likes to chin the top of her head when they hug.

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10. 10
    nounslangBritishcountable

    A lie, or something that is not true.

    That story about the dog was a complete chin.

    He told a chin to get out of trouble.

    Similarlie, fib, falsehood

    Oppositetruth

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