chinn.¹

Brit.

/tʃɪn/, U.S.

/tʃɪn/

Forms: Old English cin, Middle English–1500s chyn(ne, Middle English–1600s chinne, Middle English– chin.

Etymology: Old English cin (probably feminine, but only known in glossaries), corresponding to Old Frisian kin, Old Saxon kinni neuter, ‘chin, jaw’, (Middle Dutch kinne, kin, neuter, modern Dutch kin, feminine), Old High German chinni, (Middle High German kinne, kin, modern German kinn) neuter < West Germanic kinni < Old Germanic *kinnjo^m- (compare ancient Greek γένειον chin), a neuter derivative from the primitive *kinn- (retained in Old Norse kinn ‘cheek, lower jaw’), a feminine consonant stem, standing for kinw- (with assimilation of nw to nn in a pre-tonic syllable, founded on an oblique-case form with accented suffix, e.g. genitive pre-Germanic *genwós): cognate with ancient Greek γένυς (genitive γένυος) lower jaw, side of the face, cheek, Sanskrit hanus. (In Gothic kinnus (feminine), the word had passed into the u declension, like Gothic fôtus, tunthus. The word has in Germanic a somewhat wide range of signification ‘cheek, cheekbone, jawbone, chin’; in all the examples preserved in English the meaning is restricted as in modern use: traces of the wider meaning appear however in Old English cin-bán, mandibula (jawbone), German kinnbein cheek-bone, and Old English cin-tóþ molar tooth, grinder, Old High German chinnizan cheek-tooth.

a. The part of the face below the under-lip formed by the prominent extremity of the lower jaw.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > chin > [noun]

chinc1000

mentum1693

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 157 Mentum, cin.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 35 Ic walde..sitten on forste & on snawe up et mine chinne.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4063 Herigal smat Æuelin swiðe vuele a þane chin.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 275 And sette Constantin therinne All naked up unto the chinne.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 747 Hic mentum, a schyne.

?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. vi. 15 The chynne falleth down..the deadlye sweate breaketh out.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 A round and dimpled Chin.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 68 Stroke your chinnes, and sweare by your beards that I am a knaue.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 The Mother Cow..Her double Dew-lap from her Chin descends.

1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xi. 61 The pointed chin is held to be a sign of acuteness and craft.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 156 Genus Capra..Horns common to both sexes..chin bearded.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter ii, in Poems (new ed.) 102 I see the wealthy miller yet—His double chin—his portly size.

figurative.1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. E.iiij^v Thy makers Muse in spight of enuies chinne, For wise deuise, deserued praise shall winne.1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxvi, in Poems 12 The Sun..Pillows his chin upon an Orient wave.

†b. The hair on the chin, the beard. Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > beard

beardeOE

china1400

barba1500

muzzlea1640

facial hair1830

fungus1904

beaver1910

ziff1919

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9364 Swor bi his chinne þat he wuste Merlin.]

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18843 Forked fair þe chin he bare.

†c. ? Cheek.

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 25491 Jhesus þat..sufferred for our synne boffetis on þi faire chynne.

d. Phrases. †to hold up by the chin: to keep from sinking, support. †of the first chin: with the beard just beginning to grow. up to the chin: reaching to the chin; deeply immersed in. keep your chin up, often elliptically chin up, do not succumb to depression; also chin(s)-up used attributively; to take it (or life) on the chin (from Pugilism), to meet misfortune courageously; to withstand a severe blow, irrespective of one's feelings.

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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)]

lasteOE

i-hentc1225

uphold?c1225

upbeara1300

sustainc1300

understand13..

uplift1338

maintainc1350

supporta1393

underset1395

buttressc1400

supprise1447

bolster1508

stay1526

undershore?a1534

underpropa1535

to hold up by the chin1546

back1548

suborn1548

suffult?c1550

upshore?1567

shoulder1577

upstay1600

underwrite1609

abone1622

crutch1641

float1823

backstop1956

the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > first growth of

of the first chin1546

iulana1627

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter > utterly

all outc1300

out and outc1300

at all devicec1385

to devicec1385

right out?1543

up to the chin1546

up to the eyes1607

upsy Friese1609

up to the (or one's) eyebrowsa1627

all hollow1762

(immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822

all ends up1850

fair and square1870

right spang1884

to the wide1895

a (also one) hundred per cent1911

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way

bearOE

sustaina1382

dreec1400

to bear, hold tack1580

to stick out1677

to tough it (out)1830

to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1837

to take it (or life) on the chin1928

to hang in1969

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [phrase] > exhortation to be cheerful

to keep one's pecker up1845

keep your chin up1938

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. Bii He must nedes swym, that is holde vp by the chyn.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 222/1 Yet they remaine vnpunnished, yea they are holden vp by the chinne to harden them in their wickednesse.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1706 The richer sort doe stand vp to the chin In delicates.

1630 J. Shirley Gratefull Seruant iii. iv Your weak gallants of the first chin..will brag what ladies they have brought to their obedience.

1638 Earl of Strafford Let. 7 Aug. (1739) II. 195 A languishing Purpose to hold me up by the Chin,..for as long as I may be of Use to these Affairs.

1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl ix. 129 Jack Milton won't kick in another nickel. And we're going to take it on the chin for five thousand down here this week.

1931 Daily Express 22 Sept. 3/4 ‘We are not paying out against sterling,’ chanted the cashier. Elderly Englishmen of the retired colonel type took it on the chin.

1938 P. Gallico Confessions of Story Writer (1946) 226 Keep your chin up. I get the picture.

1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage xix. 263 Keep your chin up honey.

1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 108 Terry said chin up.

1958 Spectator 13 June 761/1 They scoffed at the President's chins-up speeches.

1960 D. Lytton Goddam White Man i. 39 I liked the Williams' because of the way they took life on the chin.

1961 John o' London's 6 July 29/1 Their passivity suggested to me a definite chin-up attitude.

e. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A talk; conversation; spec. insolent talk, ‘cheek’. Also, reduplicated, chin-chin. Cf. chin v. 3 and chinwag n. and vb. at Compounds 2.

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > a, the, or this conversation

speakc1300

dialoguec1450

speech1469

talk1548

colloquy1581

enterparlance1595

dialogism1603

colloquium1609

discourse1632

conversea1645

colloque1658

conversation1694

say1786

intercommune1820

tell1864

chin1877

conversation piece1936

rabbit1941

rabbit and pork1941

goss1983

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > speech

sauce malapert1529

petulancea1652

jaw1748

snash1786

slack-jaw1797

slang1805

gob1807

lip1821

cheek1825

slack1825

sass1841

back-talk1858

back sass1883

mouth1891

slack lip1899

back-chat1901

chin1902

slop1952

1877 ‘M. Twain’ Love Lett. (1949) x. 198 I haven't had so much chin-chin for years.

1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling 14 I'll wait till I've graduated, and had a chin with my governor about it.

1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 45 Jake was a dirty Dago lad, an' he gave the skipper chin.

1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. xxiv. 148 There's a guy..come out to have a chin with you.

1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 289 I went back and resumed the ‘chin-chin’ with Kerr and the other boys.

1926 B. Cronin Red Dawson xiii Duke kept coming over for a chin with our folks.

1928 T. Gann Discov. & Adv. Central Amer. 106 Whenever three or four of them came together for a ‘chin’.

1936 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Harvest x. 129 Oh, I have time for a chin before I go.

1947 Coast to Coast 136 Mum and Mrs. Martin had a good chin-chin at the fence about sickness and husbands.

1952 New Yorker 12 Jan. 24/1 We'd like to have a little chin with you right now.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

chin-beard n.

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1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 109 A chin-beard in the American fashion.

chin-chopper n.

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1837 T. De Quincey in Tait's Mag. Mar. 171 A ‘chin-chopper’ or Jews'-harp player..will find himself a privileged man in comparison with the philosopher.

chin-chucking n.

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1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. iii. 53 ‘More chin-chucking, my dear,’ said Nancy.

chin-high n.

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1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon ix. 237 Training the young top..is done by cutting off the shoot chin high.

chin-line n.

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1938 Ottawa Evening Jrnl. 19 Feb. 12/4 To keep chinline youthful sleep without pillow.

1967 M. Morris in Coast to Coast 1965–6 126 The tell-tale signs of age..the crêpey eyelids, the blurred chin-lines.

chin-piece n.

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1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) The chinne-peece of an helmet..barbotte.

chin-tip n.

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1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vi. 59 Young dandies with their chin-tips.

chin-tuft n.

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1814 T. Moore New Costume Ministers ii. 312 Wig, whiskers, and chin-tufts all right to a hair.

chin-whiskers n.

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1883 R. G. White Mr. Washington Adams in Eng. 113 That adornment known at the West as ‘chin-whiskers’.

C2.

chin-band n. a band or cloth passing under the chin, formerly worn by women; also figurative.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

chin-stay1699

chin-strap1939

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > strip of linen > chin-band

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. iii. 462 In earings pendant at their ears, in staies, wreaths, & chinbands [Fr. carcans & brides; L. spiris].

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 7 Broken loose From chin-bands of the soul, like Lazarus.

chin-cloth n. = chin-band n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

chin-stay1699

chin-strap1939

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > strip of linen > chin-band

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Chinne-peece of an helmet, or a (Ladies) chin~cloth, barbotte, mantonniere, nassel.

1712 H. Misson Travels in Eng. 90 Upon the head they put a cap, which they fasten with a very broad chincloth.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 382 I'll get up from my grave, And wear my chin-cloth for a wedding-veil.

† chin-clout n. Obsolete = chin-band n.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

chin-stay1699

chin-strap1939

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > strip of linen > chin-band

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. E4^v The lower part of a gentlewomans gowne, with a maske and a chinclout.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii And from the chin~clout to the lowly slipper In Heliconian streams his praise shall dip her.

† chin-cushion n. Obsolete a kind of cravat which was puffed out under the chin.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > cravat > types of

bib-cravat1684

burdash1707

chin-cushion1747

King William cravat1747

Soubise1776

front1843

guillotine-cravat1880

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. i. 5 A King-William-Cravat, or some such antique chin-cushion, as, by the pictures of that Prince, one sees was then the fashion.

chin-deep adj. so deep as to reach the chin; figurative very deep, deeply immersed in.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very

groundlessc888

bottomlessc1400

profound?a1425

neal1574

soundlessc1595

insoundable1602

gulfy1607

unbottomed1615

depthless1619

unsoundable1629

chin-deep1634

fathomless1638

abysming1644

unfounded1648

abysmal1656

plumbless1665

unfathomablea1676

chasmy1793

fathom-deep1835

plummetlessc1861

chasmal1871

abyssal1903

1634 Noble Souldier v. ii. sig. H^v In any Noble Act Ile wade chin-deepe with you.

1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 483/2 To fancy himself all the while chin-deep in riches.

chin-music n. chiefly U.S. talk, chatter.

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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter

chirma800

clappingc1386

glavera1400

clapa1420

clackc1440

blabc1460

clattera1500

babble?a1525

babblery1532

pratery1533

clitter-clatter1535

by-talk?1551

prattle1555

prittle-prattle1556

twittle-twattle1565

cacquet1567

prate?1574

prattlement1579

babblement1595

gibble-gabble1600

gabble1602

twattlea1639

tolutiloquence1656

pratement1657

gaggle1668

leden1674

cackle1676

twit-twat1677

clash1685

chit-chat1710

chatter-chitter1711

chitter-chatter1712

palavering1732

hubble-bubble1735

palaver1748

rattle1748

gum1751

mag1778

gabber1780

gammon1781

gash1787

chattery1789

gabber1792

whitter-whatter1805

yabble1808

clacket1812

talky-talky1812

potter1818

yatter1827

blue streak1830

gabblement1831

psilologya1834

chin-music1834

patter1841

jaw1842

chatter1851

brabble1861

tongue-work1866

yacker1882

talkee1885

chelp1891

chattermag1895

whitter1897

burble1898

yap1907

clatfart1913

jive1928

logorrhœa1935

waffle1937

yackety-yacking1953

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

motormouth1976

1834 J. Romilly Diary 5 Mar. in Cambridge Diary (1967) 50 Evening Party at Mrs Skrines... F. Grey plaid chin music & sung the dogs meat man: rather too ludicrous.

1836 J. Hildreth Dragoon Campaigns Rocky Mts. 26 Full of chin music, as the species of loquacity he possessed is termed.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 108 I thought it wouldn't do no harm to give 'em a short specimen of Weathersfield chin music.

1852 Gloss. Provinc. Words Berks. 6 Chin-music, chattering; scolding.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home ii [I seek] somebody to jerk a little chin-music for us.

1883 Bread-winners 77 If we have joined this order to listen to chin-music the rest of our lives.

1887 G. B. Shaw Let. 27 May (1965) I. 170 The Fabian, which has been doing the work whilst the others have been snatching the credit of it with discordant chin music.

chin-mute n. a mute applied to the violin by the action of the chin.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > mute

sourdine?1779

mute1786

sordine1789

chin-mute1875

1875 J. Bishop tr. J. A. Otto Treat. Violin (new ed.) App. v. 85 The Chin-mute—by means of which..the violinist is enabled..to bring the newly-designed mute into immediate contact with the bridge.

chin-scab n. a disease in sheep.

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1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Chin-scab, a scabby Disease in sheep, which Shepherds call the Dartars.

chin-stay n. a band for fastening a hat or cap under the chin, also a support for the chin.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

chin-stay1699

chin-strap1939

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > strap or tie-string

string1564

stay1601

chin-stay1699

kissing-strings1705

throatlatch1727

bonnet1817

brides1829

hat guard1839

chin-strap1864

1699 F. Bugg Quakerism Expos'd 20 Four double Cross-cloths for a Woman, One Mantle and seven Chin stays.

1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 329 It was necessary to support his under jaw with a chin-stay.

1860 V. L. Cameron Our Future Highway I. vii. 129 A semi-military forage cap with a chin-stay.

chin-strap n. (a) = chin-stay n.; (b) Saddlery a strap connecting the throat-strap and nose-band of a halter; (c) as used by women (see quot. 1939).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > strap or tie-string

string1564

stay1601

chin-stay1699

kissing-strings1705

throatlatch1727

bonnet1817

brides1829

hat guard1839

chin-strap1864

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap

chin-band1601

chin-clout1608

chin-cloth1632

chin-stay1699

chin-strap1939

1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 267 The men were obliged to have their chin-straps as tight as possible to keep them [sc. shakos] on.

1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 26/2 Chin~strap, strap or band worn under the chin... Also, ‘beauty’ strap worn at night, supposedly to prevent double chin.

1942 R. Chandler High Window (1943) v. 43 On the chair beside her there was..a white satin chin-strap.

1955 ‘P. Wentworth’ Out of Past xxii. 118 Adela Castleton was wearing a chinstrap and a kind of mask of some cosmetic preparation.

chin stuff n. U.S., talk.

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1919 Detective Story Mag. 28 60 You always were there with the chin stuff.

chinwag n. and v. slang (a) n. chat, talk; (b) v. slang, to talk, chatter.

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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat

confabulationc1450

device1490

chat1573

tittle-tattle?c1640

small talk1650

confab1701

chit-chat1710

jaw1748

small-talking1786

prose1787

rap1787

coze1804

talky-talky1812

clack1813

chit-chatting1823

cozey1837

gossip1849

mardlea1852

yarn1857

conflab1873

chinwag1879

chopsing1879

cooze1880

chatting1884

schmoozing1884

talky-talk1884

pitch1888

schmooze1895

coosy1903

wongi1929

yap1930

kibitz1931

natter1943

old talk1956

jaw-jaw1958

yacking1959

ole talk1964

rapping1967

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat

dallyc1300

confablec1450

crack1529

tattle1547

chat1551

confabulate1604

confab1741

prosea1764

parleyvoo1765

coze1818

yarn1819

cosher1833

to pass a good morning1835

small-talk1848

mardle1853

cooze1870

chinwag1879

rap1909

kibitz1923

to shoot the breeze1941

old-talk1956

ole-talk1971

gyaff1976

gist1992

1879 Punch No. 2061. 4 I'd just like to have a bit of chinwag with you on the quiet.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 182/2 I didn't waste any time chin-wagging.

1954 A. Baron Golden Princess 50 Didn't he send her down to the village to chinwag with the Indian chiefs?

chin-welk n. a disease affecting the chin.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > swelling of face > disease of chin

chin-welk1862

1862 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 463 The disease called chin-welk, or mentagra, Sycosis contagiosa.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chinv.

Brit.

/tʃɪn/, U.S.

/tʃɪn/

Etymology: < chin n.¹

†1. To press chin to chin. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (intransitive)] > press chin to chin (amorously)

chin1597

1597 N. Breton Authors Dreame in Wil of Wit f. 14^v A trowpe of faire Ladies, euerie one her Louer, colling and kissing, chinning and embracing, and looking Babies [printed Badies] in one anothers eyes.

2. To bring up to the chin; also with up.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > play fiddle > put fiddle to chin

chin1869

1869 Eng. Mech. 24 Dec. 357/1 It is not any ‘fellah’ that can chin this kind of fiddle.

1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) xv He chins up his fiddle, and touches two strings.

3. U.S. slang.

a. To chat, chatter.

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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter

chavel?c1225

babblea1250

chattera1250

clacka1250

janglea1300

ganglec1300

clapc1315

mumblec1350

blabberc1375

carp1377

tatterc1380

garre1382

rattlec1400

clatter1401

chimec1405

gabc1405

pattera1450

smattera1450

languetc1450

pratec1460

chat1483

jabber1499

clittera1529

cackle1530

prattle1532

blatter1533

blab1535

to run on pattens1546

tattle1547

prittle-prattlea1555

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

quiddlea1566

brabble1570

clicket1570

twattle1573

gabble1574

prittle1583

to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597

to word it1612

deblaterate1623

tongue1624

twitter1630

snatter1647

oversay1656

whiffle1706

to gallop away1711

splutter1728

gob1770

gibble-gabble1775

palaver1781

to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785

gammon1789

witter1808

yabble1808

yaff1808

mag1810

chelp1820

tongue-pad1825

yatter1825

potter1826

chipper1829

jaw-jaw1831

buzz1832

to shoot off one's mouth1864

yawp1872

blate1878

chin1884

yap1888

spiel1894

to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895

to run off at the mouth1908

chattermag1909

clatfart1913

to talk a streak1915

to run one's mouth1916

natter1942

ear-bash1944

rabbit1950

yack1950

yacker1961

to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965

yacket1969

to twat on1996

1884 J. Hay Bread-winners 161 You haven't done a — thing but lay around on the grass and eat peanuts and hear Bott chin.

1887 N. York World ‘They chin about the best methods of relieving poverty.’

b. transitive. To talk to, to address, esp. boldly or impudently.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > speak impudently to

sauce1822

to give (a person) sauce1823

sass1836

cheek1840

chin1871

lip1898

back-sass1917

smart-mouth1970

1871 ‘M. Twain’ Screamers 77 It seemed hardly me that could have ‘chinned’ its towers ten minutes before.

1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 247 I heard one of them call another ‘Constable’ and the other chinned him as ‘Sheriff!’

1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier i. 7 He chinned the barkeep mos' to death.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed vii. 85 [I have] been up chinning your sporting editor.

1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice ix. 87 The cop was halfway down the hall, chinning a nurse.

4. to chin the bar: in gymnastics, to draw up the body until the chin is brought over the horizontal bar; also absol. (reflexive).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > take part in gymnastics [verb (intransitive)] > actions or positions

to skin the cat1844

to chin the bar1903

kip1909

pike1956

press1956

trampoline1972

1903 Independent 15 Jan. 146/2 He must also be something of an athlete; able to chin the horizontal bar.

1906 Amer. Mag. 63 139/1 On the horizontal bar he was persuaded to chin himself twelve times.

1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 85 He..could chin the bar twice with one hand.

1940 Mind 49 195 No man can chin himself 6,000,000 times in succession without rest.

Derivatives

ˈchinning n. a talk, (slang).

ΚΠ

1884 Sunday at Home Jan. 44/2 Are you the boss who wants to give the boys a chinning to-morrow?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chin
释义	chinn.¹ Brit. /tʃɪn/, U.S. /tʃɪn/ Forms: Old English cin, Middle English–1500s chyn(ne, Middle English–1600s chinne, Middle English– chin. Etymology: Old English cin (probably feminine, but only known in glossaries), corresponding to Old Frisian kin, Old Saxon kinni neuter, ‘chin, jaw’, (Middle Dutch kinne, kin, neuter, modern Dutch kin, feminine), Old High German chinni, (Middle High German kinne, kin, modern German kinn) neuter < West Germanic kinni < Old Germanic kinnjo^m- (compare ancient Greek γένειον* chin), a neuter derivative from the primitive kinn- (retained in Old Norse kinn* ‘cheek, lower jaw’), a feminine consonant stem, standing for kinw- (with assimilation of nw to nn in a pre-tonic syllable, founded on an oblique-case form with accented suffix, e.g. genitive pre-Germanic genwós): cognate with ancient Greek γένυς* (genitive γένυος) lower jaw, side of the face, cheek, Sanskrit hanus. (In Gothic kinnus (feminine), the word had passed into the u declension, like Gothic fôtus, tunthus. The word has in Germanic a somewhat wide range of signification ‘cheek, cheekbone, jawbone, chin’; in all the examples preserved in English the meaning is restricted as in modern use: traces of the wider meaning appear however in Old English cin-bán, mandibula (jawbone), German kinnbein cheek-bone, and Old English cin-tóþ molar tooth, grinder, Old High German chinnizan cheek-tooth. a. The part of the face below the under-lip formed by the prominent extremity of the lower jaw. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > chin > [noun] chinc1000 mentum1693 c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 157 Mentum, cin. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 35 Ic walde..sitten on forste & on snawe up et mine chinne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4063 Herigal smat Æuelin swiðe vuele a þane chin. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 275 And sette Constantin therinne All naked up unto the chinne. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 747 Hic mentum, a schyne. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. vi. 15 The chynne falleth down..the deadlye sweate breaketh out. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iv. xx. 86 A round and dimpled Chin. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 68 Stroke your chinnes, and sweare by your beards that I am a knaue. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 The Mother Cow..Her double Dew-lap from her Chin descends. View more context for this quotation 1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xi. 61 The pointed chin is held to be a sign of acuteness and craft. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 156 Genus Capra..Horns common to both sexes..chin bearded. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter ii, in Poems (new ed.) 102 I see the wealthy miller yet—His double chin—his portly size. figurative.1581 T. Howell His Deuises sig. E.iiij^v Thy makers Muse in spight of enuies chinne, For wise deuise, deserued praise shall winne.1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xxvi, in Poems 12 The Sun..Pillows his chin upon an Orient wave. †b. The hair on the chin, the beard. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > beard beardeOE china1400 barba1500 muzzlea1640 facial hair1830 fungus1904 beaver1910 ziff1919 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9364 Swor bi his chinne þat he wuste Merlin.] a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18843 Forked fair þe chin he bare. †c. ? Cheek. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 25491 Jhesus þat..sufferred for our synne boffetis on þi faire chynne. d. Phrases. †to hold up by the chin: to keep from sinking, support. †of the first chin: with the beard just beginning to grow. up to the chin: reaching to the chin; deeply immersed in. keep your chin up, often elliptically chin up, do not succumb to depression; also chin(s)-up used attributively; to take it (or life) on the chin (from Pugilism), to meet misfortune courageously; to withstand a severe blow, irrespective of one's feelings. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] lasteOE i-hentc1225 uphold?c1225 upbeara1300 sustainc1300 understand13.. uplift1338 maintainc1350 supporta1393 underset1395 buttressc1400 supprise1447 bolster1508 stay1526 stay1526 undershore?a1534 underpropa1535 to hold up by the chin1546 back1548 suborn1548 suffult?c1550 upshore?1567 shoulder1577 upstay1600 underwrite1609 abone1622 crutch1641 float1823 backstop1956 the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [adjective] > beard > first growth of of the first chin1546 iulana1627 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > utter > utterly all outc1300 out and outc1300 at all devicec1385 to devicec1385 right out?1543 up to the chin1546 up to the eyes1607 upsy Friese1609 up to the (or one's) eyebrowsa1627 all hollow1762 (immersed, steeped) to the lipsa1822 all ends up1850 fair and square1870 right spang1884 to the wide1895 a (also one) hundred per cent1911 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way bearOE sustaina1382 dreec1400 to bear, hold tack1580 to stick out1677 to tough it (out)1830 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1837 to take it (or life) on the chin1928 to hang in1969 the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [phrase] > exhortation to be cheerful to keep one's pecker up1845 keep your chin up1938 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. Bii He must nedes swym, that is holde vp by the chyn. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 222/1 Yet they remaine vnpunnished, yea they are holden vp by the chinne to harden them in their wickednesse. c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1706 The richer sort doe stand vp to the chin In delicates. 1630 J. Shirley Gratefull Seruant iii. iv Your weak gallants of the first chin..will brag what ladies they have brought to their obedience. 1638 Earl of Strafford Let. 7 Aug. (1739) II. 195 A languishing Purpose to hold me up by the Chin,..for as long as I may be of Use to these Affairs. 1928 J. P. McEvoy Show Girl ix. 129 Jack Milton won't kick in another nickel. And we're going to take it on the chin for five thousand down here this week. 1931 Daily Express 22 Sept. 3/4 ‘We are not paying out against sterling,’ chanted the cashier. Elderly Englishmen of the retired colonel type took it on the chin. 1938 P. Gallico Confessions of Story Writer (1946) 226 Keep your chin up. I get the picture. 1939 I. Baird Waste Heritage xix. 263 Keep your chin up honey. 1946 F. Sargeson That Summer 108 Terry said chin up. 1958 Spectator 13 June 761/1 They scoffed at the President's chins-up speeches. 1960 D. Lytton Goddam White Man i. 39 I liked the Williams' because of the way they took life on the chin. 1961 John o' London's 6 July 29/1 Their passivity suggested to me a definite chin-up attitude. e. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). A talk; conversation; spec. insolent talk, ‘cheek’. Also, reduplicated, chin-chin. Cf. chin v. 3 and chinwag n. and vb. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > a, the, or this conversation speakc1300 dialoguec1450 speech1469 talk1548 colloquy1581 enterparlance1595 dialogism1603 colloquium1609 discourse1632 conversea1645 colloque1658 conversation1694 say1786 intercommune1820 tell1864 chin1877 conversation piece1936 rabbit1941 rabbit and pork1941 goss1983 the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > speech sauce malapert1529 petulancea1652 jaw1748 snash1786 slack-jaw1797 slang1805 gob1807 lip1821 cheek1825 slack1825 sass1841 back-talk1858 back sass1883 mouth1891 slack lip1899 back-chat1901 chin1902 slop1952 1877 ‘M. Twain’ Love Lett. (1949) x. 198 I haven't had so much chin-chin for years. 1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling 14 I'll wait till I've graduated, and had a chin with my governor about it. 1902 J. Masefield Salt-water Ballads 45 Jake was a dirty Dago lad, an' he gave the skipper chin. 1914 G. Atherton Perch of Devil i. xxiv. 148 There's a guy..come out to have a chin with you. 1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 289 I went back and resumed the ‘chin-chin’ with Kerr and the other boys. 1926 B. Cronin Red Dawson xiii Duke kept coming over for a chin with our folks. 1928 T. Gann Discov. & Adv. Central Amer. 106 Whenever three or four of them came together for a ‘chin’. 1936 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Harvest x. 129 Oh, I have time for a chin before I go. 1947 Coast to Coast 136 Mum and Mrs. Martin had a good chin-chin at the fence about sickness and husbands. 1952 New Yorker 12 Jan. 24/1 We'd like to have a little chin with you right now. Compounds C1. General attributive. chin-beard n. ΚΠ 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 109 A chin-beard in the American fashion. chin-chopper n. ΚΠ 1837 T. De Quincey in Tait's Mag. Mar. 171 A ‘chin-chopper’ or Jews'-harp player..will find himself a privileged man in comparison with the philosopher. chin-chucking n. ΚΠ 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet II. iii. 53 ‘More chin-chucking, my dear,’ said Nancy. chin-high n. ΚΠ 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon ix. 237 Training the young top..is done by cutting off the shoot chin high. chin-line n. ΚΠ 1938 Ottawa Evening Jrnl. 19 Feb. 12/4 To keep chinline youthful sleep without pillow. 1967 M. Morris in Coast to Coast 1965–6 126 The tell-tale signs of age..the crêpey eyelids, the blurred chin-lines. chin-piece n. ΚΠ 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) The chinne-peece of an helmet..barbotte. chin-tip n. ΚΠ 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. vi. 59 Young dandies with their chin-tips. chin-tuft n. ΚΠ 1814 T. Moore New Costume Ministers ii. 312 Wig, whiskers, and chin-tufts all right to a hair. chin-whiskers n. ΚΠ 1883 R. G. White Mr. Washington Adams in Eng. 113 That adornment known at the West as ‘chin-whiskers’. C2. chin-band n. a band or cloth passing under the chin, formerly worn by women; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 chin-stay1699 chin-strap1939 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > strip of linen > chin-band chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiii. iii. 462 In earings pendant at their ears, in staies, wreaths, & chinbands [Fr. carcans & brides; L. spiris]. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 7 Broken loose From chin-bands of the soul, like Lazarus. chin-cloth n. = chin-band n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 chin-stay1699 chin-strap1939 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > strip of linen > chin-band chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) Chinne-peece of an helmet, or a (Ladies) chin~cloth, barbotte, mantonniere, nassel. 1712 H. Misson Travels in Eng. 90 Upon the head they put a cap, which they fasten with a very broad chincloth. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 382 I'll get up from my grave, And wear my chin-cloth for a wedding-veil. † chin-clout n. Obsolete = chin-band n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 chin-stay1699 chin-strap1939 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > laying or wrapping in shroud > strip of linen > chin-band chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters iii. sig. E4^v The lower part of a gentlewomans gowne, with a maske and a chinclout. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii And from the chin~clout to the lowly slipper In Heliconian streams his praise shall dip her. † chin-cushion n. Obsolete a kind of cravat which was puffed out under the chin. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > neck-wear > [noun] > neck-tie or cravat > cravat > types of bib-cravat1684 burdash1707 chin-cushion1747 King William cravat1747 Soubise1776 front1843 guillotine-cravat1880 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. i. 5 A King-William-Cravat, or some such antique chin-cushion, as, by the pictures of that Prince, one sees was then the fashion. chin-deep adj. so deep as to reach the chin; figurative very deep, deeply immersed in. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very groundlessc888 bottomlessc1400 profound?a1425 neal1574 soundlessc1595 insoundable1602 gulfy1607 unbottomed1615 depthless1619 unsoundable1629 chin-deep1634 fathomless1638 abysming1644 unfounded1648 abysmal1656 plumbless1665 unfathomablea1676 chasmy1793 fathom-deep1835 plummetlessc1861 chasmal1871 abyssal1903 1634 Noble Souldier v. ii. sig. H^v In any Noble Act Ile wade chin-deepe with you. 1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 483/2 To fancy himself all the while chin-deep in riches. chin-music n. chiefly U.S. talk, chatter. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter chirma800 clappingc1386 glavera1400 clapa1420 clackc1440 blabc1460 clattera1500 babble?a1525 babblery1532 pratery1533 clitter-clatter1535 by-talk?1551 prattle1555 prittle-prattle1556 twittle-twattle1565 cacquet1567 prate?1574 prattlement1579 babblement1595 gibble-gabble1600 gabble1602 twattlea1639 tolutiloquence1656 pratement1657 gaggle1668 leden1674 cackle1676 twit-twat1677 clash1685 chit-chat1710 chatter-chitter1711 chitter-chatter1712 palavering1732 hubble-bubble1735 palaver1748 rattle1748 gum1751 mag1778 gabber1780 gammon1781 gash1787 chattery1789 gabber1792 whitter-whatter1805 yabble1808 clacket1812 talky-talky1812 potter1818 yatter1827 blue streak1830 gabblement1831 psilologya1834 chin-music1834 patter1841 jaw1842 chatter1851 brabble1861 tongue-work1866 yacker1882 talkee1885 chelp1891 chattermag1895 whitter1897 burble1898 yap1907 clatfart1913 jive1928 logorrhœa1935 waffle1937 yackety-yacking1953 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 motormouth1976 1834 J. Romilly Diary 5 Mar. in Cambridge Diary (1967) 50 Evening Party at Mrs Skrines... F. Grey plaid chin music & sung the dogs meat man: rather too ludicrous. 1836 J. Hildreth Dragoon Campaigns Rocky Mts. 26 Full of chin music, as the species of loquacity he possessed is termed. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 108 I thought it wouldn't do no harm to give 'em a short specimen of Weathersfield chin music. 1852 Gloss. Provinc. Words Berks. 6 Chin-music, chattering; scolding. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents at Home ii [I seek] somebody to jerk a little chin-music for us. 1883 Bread-winners 77 If we have joined this order to listen to chin-music the rest of our lives. 1887 G. B. Shaw Let. 27 May (1965) I. 170 The Fabian, which has been doing the work whilst the others have been snatching the credit of it with discordant chin music. chin-mute n. a mute applied to the violin by the action of the chin. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > mute sourdine?1779 mute1786 sordine1789 chin-mute1875 1875 J. Bishop tr. J. A. Otto Treat. Violin (new ed.) App. v. 85 The Chin-mute—by means of which..the violinist is enabled..to bring the newly-designed mute into immediate contact with the bridge. chin-scab n. a disease in sheep. ΚΠ 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Chin-scab, a scabby Disease in sheep, which Shepherds call the Dartars. chin-stay n. a band for fastening a hat or cap under the chin, also a support for the chin. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 chin-stay1699 chin-strap1939 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > strap or tie-string string1564 stay1601 chin-stay1699 kissing-strings1705 throatlatch1727 bonnet1817 brides1829 hat guard1839 chin-strap1864 1699 F. Bugg Quakerism Expos'd 20 Four double Cross-cloths for a Woman, One Mantle and seven Chin stays. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More (1831) I. 329 It was necessary to support his under jaw with a chin-stay. 1860 V. L. Cameron Our Future Highway I. vii. 129 A semi-military forage cap with a chin-stay. chin-strap n. (a) = chin-stay n.; (b) Saddlery a strap connecting the throat-strap and nose-band of a halter; (c) as used by women (see quot. 1939). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > strap or tie-string string1564 stay1601 chin-stay1699 kissing-strings1705 throatlatch1727 bonnet1817 brides1829 hat guard1839 chin-strap1864 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > chin-cloth or -strap chin-band1601 chin-clout1608 chin-cloth1632 chin-stay1699 chin-strap1939 1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene 267 The men were obliged to have their chin-straps as tight as possible to keep them [sc. shakos] on. 1939 M. B. Picken Lang. Fashion 26/2 Chin~strap, strap or band worn under the chin... Also, ‘beauty’ strap worn at night, supposedly to prevent double chin. 1942 R. Chandler High Window (1943) v. 43 On the chair beside her there was..a white satin chin-strap. 1955 ‘P. Wentworth’ Out of Past xxii. 118 Adela Castleton was wearing a chinstrap and a kind of mask of some cosmetic preparation. chin stuff n. U.S., talk. ΚΠ 1919 Detective Story Mag. 28 60 You always were there with the chin stuff. chinwag n. and v. slang (a) n. chat, talk; (b) v. slang, to talk, chatter. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat confabulationc1450 device1490 chat1573 tittle-tattle?c1640 small talk1650 confab1701 chit-chat1710 jaw1748 small-talking1786 prose1787 rap1787 coze1804 talky-talky1812 clack1813 chit-chatting1823 cozey1837 gossip1849 mardlea1852 yarn1857 conflab1873 chinwag1879 chopsing1879 cooze1880 chatting1884 schmoozing1884 talky-talk1884 pitch1888 schmooze1895 coosy1903 wongi1929 yap1930 kibitz1931 natter1943 old talk1956 jaw-jaw1958 yacking1959 ole talk1964 rapping1967 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat dallyc1300 confablec1450 crack1529 tattle1547 chat1551 confabulate1604 confab1741 prosea1764 parleyvoo1765 coze1818 yarn1819 cosher1833 to pass a good morning1835 small-talk1848 mardle1853 cooze1870 chinwag1879 rap1909 kibitz1923 to shoot the breeze1941 old-talk1956 ole-talk1971 gyaff1976 gist1992 1879 Punch No. 2061. 4 I'd just like to have a bit of chinwag with you on the quiet. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 182/2 I didn't waste any time chin-wagging. 1954 A. Baron Golden Princess 50 Didn't he send her down to the village to chinwag with the Indian chiefs? chin-welk n. a disease affecting the chin. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > [noun] > swelling of face > disease of chin chin-welk1862 1862 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 463 The disease called chin-welk, or mentagra, Sycosis contagiosa. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Chinn.² Brit. /tʃɪn/, U.S. /tʃɪn/ Inflections: Plural Chins, unchanged. Etymology: Burmese, ‘hill-man’. 1. A member of a people inhabiting the Chin hills and adjacent districts in Burma (Myanmar). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Burma > [noun] > person Chin1873 Nung1878 Kachin1892 the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Tibeto-Burman > Burmic > Kachin or Rawang > varieties of Chin1873 Arakanese1882 Lushai1887 Lai1896 1873 Jrnl. Anthropol. Instit. Great Brit. & Irel. 2 235 The Hkway-mies..are the principal tribe of those under British protection, though not so numerous as the Chins. 1951 R. Firth Elements Social Organization iv. 145 The Feasts of Merit of the Chins of Burma. 1962 Listener 25 Oct. 646/1 Some of these hill peoples—such as the Karens, Kachins, and Chins—have a long tradition of feuding and fighting with the Burmese of the plains. 2007 D. Bradley in C. Moseley Encycl. World's Endangered Langs. v. 368 The Chin in Burma are generally divided into North Chin, Central Chin and South Chin. 2. The Tibeto-Burman language of this people. ΚΠ 1882 in E. Forchhammer Notes Lang. & Dial. Burma (1884) 6 The Burmese-Chin language-family comprises the Arakanese, Tavoy (?), Burmese, Chin. 2007 D. Bradley in C. Moseley Encycl. World's Endangered Langs. v. 368 The best described variety of North Chin is Tiddim;..there are about 135,000 speakers of this cluster in Burma. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chinv. Brit. /tʃɪn/, U.S. /tʃɪn/ Etymology: < chin n.¹ †1. To press chin to chin. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (intransitive)] > press chin to chin (amorously) chin1597 1597 N. Breton Authors Dreame in Wil of Wit f. 14^v A trowpe of faire Ladies, euerie one her Louer, colling and kissing, chinning and embracing, and looking Babies [printed Badies] in one anothers eyes. 2. To bring up to the chin; also with up. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > play stringed instrument [verb (transitive)] > play fiddle > put fiddle to chin chin1869 1869 Eng. Mech. 24 Dec. 357/1 It is not any ‘fellah’ that can chin this kind of fiddle. 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) xv He chins up his fiddle, and touches two strings. 3. U.S. slang. a. To chat, chatter. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > talk excessively or chatter chavel?c1225 babblea1250 chattera1250 clacka1250 janglea1300 ganglec1300 clapc1315 mumblec1350 blabberc1375 carp1377 tatterc1380 garre1382 rattlec1400 clatter1401 chimec1405 gabc1405 pattera1450 smattera1450 languetc1450 pratec1460 chat1483 jabber1499 clittera1529 cackle1530 prattle1532 blatter1533 blab1535 to run on pattens1546 tattle1547 prittle-prattlea1555 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 quiddlea1566 brabble1570 clicket1570 twattle1573 gabble1574 prittle1583 to like to hear oneself speak, talk1597 to word it1612 deblaterate1623 tongue1624 twitter1630 snatter1647 oversay1656 whiffle1706 to gallop away1711 splutter1728 gob1770 gibble-gabble1775 palaver1781 to talk (etc.) nineteen to the dozen1785 gammon1789 witter1808 yabble1808 yaff1808 mag1810 chelp1820 tongue-pad1825 yatter1825 potter1826 chipper1829 jaw-jaw1831 buzz1832 to shoot off one's mouth1864 yawp1872 blate1878 chin1884 yap1888 spiel1894 to talk (also lie, swear, etc.) a blue streak1895 to run off at the mouth1908 chattermag1909 clatfart1913 to talk a streak1915 to run one's mouth1916 natter1942 ear-bash1944 rabbit1950 yack1950 yacker1961 to eat parrot head (also bottom)1965 yacket1969 to twat on1996 1884 J. Hay Bread-winners 161 You haven't done a — thing but lay around on the grass and eat peanuts and hear Bott chin. 1887 N. York World ‘They chin about the best methods of relieving poverty.’ b. transitive. To talk to, to address, esp. boldly or impudently. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > speak impudently to sauce1822 to give (a person) sauce1823 sass1836 cheek1840 chin1871 lip1898 back-sass1917 smart-mouth1970 1871 ‘M. Twain’ Screamers 77 It seemed hardly me that could have ‘chinned’ its towers ten minutes before. 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 247 I heard one of them call another ‘Constable’ and the other chinned him as ‘Sheriff!’ 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier i. 7 He chinned the barkeep mos' to death. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed vii. 85 [I have] been up chinning your sporting editor. 1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice ix. 87 The cop was halfway down the hall, chinning a nurse. 4. to chin the bar: in gymnastics, to draw up the body until the chin is brought over the horizontal bar; also absol. (reflexive). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > take part in gymnastics [verb (intransitive)] > actions or positions to skin the cat1844 to chin the bar1903 kip1909 pike1956 press1956 trampoline1972 1903 Independent 15 Jan. 146/2 He must also be something of an athlete; able to chin the horizontal bar. 1906 Amer. Mag. 63 139/1 On the horizontal bar he was persuaded to chin himself twelve times. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 85 He..could chin the bar twice with one hand. 1940 Mind 49 195 No man can chin himself 6,000,000 times in succession without rest. Derivatives ˈchinning n. a talk, (slang). ΚΠ 1884 Sunday at Home Jan. 44/2 Are you the boss who wants to give the boys a chinning to-morrow? 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