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See also:Chin,chín,chỉn,-chin,chîⁿ,andCh'in

English

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Composer Ambroise Thomas with hand on chin (1).

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishchyn, fromOld Englishċinn(“chin”), fromProto-Germanic*kinnuz(“chin”), fromProto-Indo-European*ǵénus(“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutchkin, Low German/GermanKinn,Danishkind,Icelandickinn,Welshgen,Latingena,Tocharian Aśanweṃ,Ancient Greekγένυς(génus,“jaw”),Armenianծնոտ(cnot),Persianچانه(čâne),Sanskritहनु(hánu).Doublet ofgena.

Noun

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chin (pluralchins)

  2. Thebottom of aface,(specifically) thetypicallyjuttingjawline below themouth.
  3. (slang, US)Talk.
  4. (slang, British) Alie, afalsehood.
  5. (slang, British) A person of theupper class.
  6. (boxing, uncountable) Theability towithstand beingpunched in thechin without beingknocked out.
  7. (aviation) The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below thenose.
    • 1990,Army, volume40:
      In the cleft of the aircraft'schin is a small turret for a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) "eyeball" that will enable MH-47E pilots to see clearly in complete darkness[…]
    • 2001,Aviation Week & Space Technology:
      Lockheed Martin's system is mounted behind a transparent, low-observable window blended into the aircraft'schin.
  8. The bottom part of amobile phone, below thescreen.
Synonyms
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  • (central area of the jaw, below the mouth):mentum(anatomy)
Antonyms
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Translations
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bottom of a face
ability to take a punch
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Verb

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chin (third-person singular simple presentchins,present participlechinning,simple past and past participlechinned)

  1. (slang, dated, intransitive) Totalk.
    • 1912,Jack London, chapter 5, inSmoke Bellew‎[2], New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page141:
      “I reckon you can explain, Mrs. Peabody.”[…] “An’ I reckon that newcomer you’ve beenchinning with could explain ifhe had a mind to.”
    • 1944,Ernie Pyle, chapter 1, inBrave Men‎[3], New York: Henry Holt, page 3:
      This little chore involved getting up at 3A.M., working about two hours, then sitting aroundchinning and drinking coffee with the radio operators until too late to go back to sleep.
  2. (slang, dated, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
    • 1911,Henry Sydnor Harrison, chapter 7, inQueed‎[4], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page85:
      “Been upchinning your sporting editor, Ragsy Hurd.[…]”
    • 1912,Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow, chapter 12, inThe Black Pearl‎[5], New York: Appleton, page239:
      “What do you suppose that Seagreave’schinning Hughie about[?]”
  3. (reflexive, intransitive) To perform achin-up(exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
    • 1913,Upton Sinclair,The Fasting Cure‎[6], New York: Mitchell Kennerley, page34:
      It is worth noting that on the eighth day he was strong enough to“chin” himself six times in succession, though previous to the fasting treatment he had never in his life been able to do this more than once or twice.
    • 1922,E. E. Cummings, chapter 4, inThe Enormous Room‎[7], New York: Modern Library, published1949, page80:
      A description of thecour would be incomplete without an enumeration of the manifold duties of theplanton in charge, which were as follows: to prevent the men from using the horizontal bar, except forchinning, since if you swung yourself upon it you could look over the wall into the women’scour[…]
    • 1969,Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, inSlaughterhouse-Five‎[8], New York: Dial, published2005, page119:
      The Englishmen had also been lifting weights andchinning themselves for years. Their bellies were like washboards. The muscles of their calves and upper arms were like cannonballs.
    • 1986, Martin Cohen,The Marine Corps 3X Fitness Program‎[9], Boston: Little, Brown,Part 3, p. 75:
      You can grunt and curse to your heart’s content but you cannot swing your body whenchinning.
  4. (chiefly UK, transitive) Topunch orhit (someone), especially on thechin (part of the body).
    • 1915,Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 14, inLeft Tackle Thayer‎[10], New York: Dodd, Mead, pages183–184:
      He told me once that he used to be scared to death every time he started in a hard game for fear he’d get badly injured. Said it wasn’t until someone had jabbed him in the nose or ‘chinned’ him that he forgot to be scared.
    • 1966,Nell Dunn, “OUT with the Boys”, inUp the Junction‎[11], Philadelphia: Lippincott, page88:
      ‘I’m in trouble, I hit a policeman—chinned him. He was messin’ me about, pushin’ me around on the pavement, so Ichinned him, didn’t I?[…]’
  5. (transitive) Toput orhold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
  6. (transitive) Toturn on oroperate (a device) using one's chin; toselect (a particular setting) using one's chin.
    • 1958,Robert Heinlein, chapter 8, inHave Space Suit—Will Travel‎[14], New York: Del Rey, page160:
      I was too tired to argue; Ichinned the valve three or four times, felt a blast blistering my face.
    • 1985,Joe Haldeman, “You Can Never Go Back”, inDealing in Futures‎[15], New York: Viking, page154:
      I landed kind of sloppily on hands and knees andchinned the squad frequency. “First squad sound off!”
  7. (transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
    • 1977,Ian Wallace, chapter 26, inThe Sign of the Mute Medusa‎[16], New York: Popular Library, page243:
      […] she elbowed the table andchinned her hand.
    • 1994,Garry Disher, chapter 7, inCrosskill‎[17], St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, page35:
      Hechinned the alley fence and looked both ways along it.
  8. (transitive) Toindicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
    • 2004,Han Ong,The Disinherited‎[18], New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,Part 4, Chapter 4, p. 239:
      But you don’t love him, said Madame Sonia with understanding. Do you love this one? Madame Soniachinned the American.
Synonyms
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  • (talk (slang)):gab
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Etymology 2

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Shortening ofchinchilla.

Noun

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chin (pluralchins)

  1. (informal) Achinchilla.

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Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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Akin toFrenchchien, fromLatincanis.

Noun

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chin

  1. dog

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromLatinpīnus. CompareRomanianpin.

Noun

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chin

  1. pine

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Franco-Provençal

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Franco-ProvençalWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediafrp

Etymology

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Inherited fromLatincanis.

Noun

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chin m (pluralchins)(ORB, broad)

  1. dog
    Coordinate terms:chena,cagne f

References

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  • chien in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • chin in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

Further information

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Hokkien

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For pronunciation and definitions ofchin – see真 (“true;genuine;real;actual;really;truly;very;quite”).
(This term is thepe̍h-ōe-jī form of真).

Japanese

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Romanization

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chin

  1. Rōmaji transcription ofちん
  2. Rōmaji transcription ofチン

Kumeyaay

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPA then please add some!

Adjective

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chin

  1. one.

Middle English

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Noun

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chin

  1. Alternative form ofchyn

Navajo

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Noun

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chin

  1. grime,filth,bodydirt

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Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromHungariankín.

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Noun

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chin n (pluralchinuri)

  1. torture,pain
    Synonym:durere

Declension

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Declension ofchin
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativechinchinulchinurichinurile
genitive-dativechinchinuluichinurichinurilor
vocativechinulechinurilor

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (DEX) Online :[1]

Sardinian

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Etymology

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FromLatincum(“with”), fromProto-Italic*kom, fromProto-Indo-European*ḱóm(“next to, at, with, along”). The shift-u- →-i- is probably due to analogy within.[1]
CompareLogudorese andCampidanesecun,Italiancon,Portuguesecom,Spanishcon,Romaniancu,Siciliancu.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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chin

  1. (Nuorese)with

Derived terms

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References

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006)Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  1. ^Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964)Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Spanish

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Etymology

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Perhaps of African origin; compareProto-Bantu*kɪ̀ntʊ̀(“little thing, small object”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃin/[ˈt͡ʃĩn]
  • Rhymes:-in
  • Syllabification:chin

Noun

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chin m (pluralchines)

  1. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) small amount
    Synonym:poco
    Dame unchin de café.
    Give me alittle coffee.

References

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  • Alba, Orlando (2004)Cómo hablamos los dominicanos: un enfoque sociolingüístico‎[20] (overall work in Spanish), Santo Domingo: Grupo León Jimenes,→ISBN

Further reading

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Tày

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Verb

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chin (𩚍)

  1. toeat
    Synonym:kin

References

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  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor,Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[21] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
  • Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006)Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011)Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[22][23] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Vietnamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Seechân

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Noun

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chin

  1. (Central Vietnam)foot,leg
    bànchin lớn ―bigfoot
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