Chin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The central forward portion of the lower jaw.
  • v. To pull (oneself) up with the arms while grasping an overhead horizontal bar until the chin is level with the bar.
  • v. Music To place (a violin) under the chin in preparation to play it.
  • verb-intransitive. To chin oneself.
  • verb-intransitive. Informal To make idle conversation; chatter.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The bottom of a face, especially, the lower jaw or the region below the mouth.
  • n. talk.
  • n. A falsehood.
  • n. The ability to withstand being punched in the face without being knocked out.
  • v. To talk.
  • v. To perform a chin-up.
  • v. To punch (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
  • n. a chinchilla.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
  • n. The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw in man, or a corresponding part in other animals.
  • n. In zoology, the mentum.
  • n. In Rotifera, a ciliated muscular part or process just below the mouth.
  • To talk.
  • To talk to, especially with assurance or impudence.
  • In gymnastics, to lift the weight of the body by the arms on a horizontal bar until the chin is brought over the bar. Also used transitively: as, to chin the bar.
  • An abbreviation of China;
  • Chinese.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
  • n. the protruding part of the lower jaw
  • n. Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
  • Verb Form
    chinned    chinning    chins   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    elevate    raise    bring up    getup    lift    kamarupan   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    chinning    chinned   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mentum    jowl    gab   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Allin    Atkin    Begin    Berlin    Boleyn    Bryn    Finn    Flynn    Gwyn    Gwynn   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cheek    jaw    eyebrow    nose    beard    chest    hip    wrist    knee    breast