chinning
- 1Present participle and gerund of chin.
Chinning the high bar repeatedly is a standard test of upper-body strength.
The gymnast finished her routine by chinning the bar twice in quick succession.
Note
One spelling carries every verb use of chin, so context does the sorting. In a gym it names the exercise: chinning the bar, or chinning yourself, since that use also takes a reflexive object. In dated slang it meant talking, alone or with someone. In British use it can mean punching someone on the chin. A violinist chinning the instrument is simply raising it into place. Note the doubled n, as in thinning.
chinning is a form of chin
chin, verb: To lift one's own body weight while hanging from a bar, raising the chin above it. Full entry
- Spelling
- chin → chinning: double the n, add -ing
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