chin

IPA: tʃˈɪn

noun

  • The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
  • (slang, US) Talk.
  • (slang, Britain) A lie, a falsehood.
  • (slang, Britain) A person of the upper class.
  • (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
  • (aviation) The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
  • The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
  • (informal) A chinchilla.
  • A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
  • A surname from Hakka.
  • A tribe in Myanmar.
  • A state of Myanmar
  • Synonym of Zo: a language of Myanmar.
  • (obsolete) Alternative form of China. [A nation or civilization occupying the country around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.]
  • (obsolete) Alternative form of Jin: an ancient Chinese state and various medieval Chinese dynasties. [A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.]

verb

  • (slang, dated, intransitive) To talk.
  • (slang, dated, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
  • (reflexive, intransitive) To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
  • (chiefly UK, transitive) To punch or hit (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
  • (transitive) To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
  • (transitive) To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
  • (transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
  • (transitive) To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
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Examples of "chin" in Sentences

  • The upper throat and the chin were whitish.
  • The exposed skin of the chin and head is often tattooed.
  • A comely and very full beard covered his cheeks and chin.
  • Place two fingers under the point of the chin, and lift the jaw.
  • Rather, they accentuate the natural form of the chin and cheeks.
  • Much of the southern Chin Hills remains biologically unexplored.
  • In the human anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face.
  • The rear hand is tucked firmly against the jaw to protect the chin.
  • A scarf is tied around the head, with the ends knotted below the chin.
  • The chief dermatologist was Kensuke Mitsuda and there was another doctor Chin.

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