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Definition chin

Etymology 1

From Middle English chyn, from Old English cin or ?inn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A ?anwem, Ancient Greek ????? (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ???? (cnot), Persian ????‎ (?âne), Sanskrit ??? (hánu).

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
2. (slang, US) Talk.
3. (slang, Britain) A lie, a falsehood.
4. (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
5. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

Verb

chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)

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

Etymology 2

Shortening of chinchilla.

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. (affectionate) a chinchilla.

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