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单词 chin-chin
释义

chin-chinn.2

Brit. /ˈtʃɪnˌtʃɪn/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪnˌtʃɪn/, West African English /ˈtʃinˌtʃin/
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps imitative of the sound made by eating crunchy food.Similar words in African languages (e.g. Igbo chim-chim) are probably either parallel formations or < English.
In Nigerian cookery: a snack of small pieces or strips of deep-fried (or sometimes baked) dough.Typically sweetened, though savoury versions are also made.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > other pastry articles > [noun]
crisp?c1390
mellinder1604
baby cakea1637
cannelons1733
yule-dough1777
vol-au-vent1828
sausage roll1852
cheese fingers1863
cheese straw1866
horn1908
pig in a blanket1926
brik1938
chin-chin1948
pull-apart1958
fortune cookie1962
feuilleté1970
money bag1993
1948 Laws of Nigeria (rev. ed.) X. ccxvi. §31 207 Varieties of Foodstuffs. 1. Akara (all varieties);..peeled and/or sliced fruits; chin-chin (pastry); adun; fura.
2013 C. N. Adichie Americanah xxv. 251 Iloba placed bottles of beer and a small plate of fried chin-chin on the table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

chin-chinv.

Brit. /ˌtʃɪnˈtʃɪn/, U.S. /ˌtʃɪnˈtʃɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: chin chin int.
Etymology: < chin chin int.
1.
a. intransitive. To make the traditional Chinese gesture of respectful greeting or valediction, clasping the hands together in front of the chest and bowing, often with the use of the accompanying words ‘chin-chin’ (see chin chin int. 1).
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)]
speakc950
beclepec1220
enreason1297
saluec1300
calla1325
clepe1362
to speak on ——?1370
salutec1380
to call upon ——c1405
escry1483
assaya1522
treatc1540
accost1567
encounter1578
bespeaka1593
affront1598
parley1611
address1683
chin-chin1817
chat1898
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > greet > greet with specific words
good time of day1597
good-morning1802
chin-chin1817
1817 J. McLeod Narr. Voy. Alceste 96 A Chinese mandarin, under the like circumstances, would, most probably, have chin-chinned (that is, clenched his fists) as usual.
1842 J. E. Bingham Narr. Exped. to China II. iii. 123 He chin-chinned with the greatest delight.
1888 C. Bell tr. P. Loti From Lands of Exile (rev. ed.) 9 He chin-chinned and bowed, and said: ‘Good-day, gentlemen’ in French with an air of offering himself as our guide.
1932 Montana Standard 21 Feb. 2/6 My call scared him and he staggered to his feet and raced to the soldiers, where he knelt, chin-chinned and prayed for his life.
1985 D. Knox Korean War I. iv. 253 All of a sudden out jumped a North Korean who began bowing and scraping and chin-chinning to me. Talk about getting scared out of your wits.
b. transitive . To address (someone) with the traditional Chinese gesture of respectful greeting or valediction (see sense 1a). Also occasionally: to express or convey (something) with this gesture. Now rare.
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1822 ‘J. R.’ Diary Journey Overland through China 91 It is usual at Canton, with a Chinese who can speak English, to say, ‘I chin-chin you’, expressively of the most friendly greeting.
1858 G. W. Cooke China xxviii. 370 Continue in the same line and you will at last reach the nine-storied pagoda where the priests will chin-chin you and be very civil.
1880 Mrs. J. H. Gray Fourteen Months in Canton xii. 151 Having drank our cups of tea, we rose to take leave. I chin-chinned the women, and they returned the salute to me.
1926 T.P.'s & Cassell's Weekly 13 Mar. 728/2 The boy found his master's grave, produced from his sleeve the menu of the forthcoming dinner, chin-chinned his late master, and left the menu on the headstone.
1937 North-China Herald 21 July 110/3 As our Chinese came aboard the Mildura, they ‘chin chinned’ their thanks.
2. intransitive. To say ‘chin-chin’ as a toast or salutation before drinking. Also transitive with the person toasted as the object.
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1892 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 268 We ‘chin-chinned’ over foaming beakers.
1939 R. Keyes Adventures Ashore & Afloat v. 65 Some of the Midshipmen of the Boadicea..leaned out of the ports and, spotting us on the poop, lifted their glasses and ‘chin-chinned’ us as they passed.
1966 ‘R. Standish’ Widow Hack xv. 164 ‘Will you please order me a drink, Mike?’ For the sake of appearances we chin-chinned and tried to look gay.
2000 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 13 May (Good Weekend section) 24 ‘Someone told me it's illegal here for me to chin-chin with you if you're drinking alcohol and I'm not... Ahh, to heck with it!’ We clink glasses.
2014 @ali_steventon 1 Feb. in twitter.com (accessed 16 Dec. 2019) <blushes> Why thank you, I just chin-chinned you with my lemon cordial. Right back atcha!

Derivatives

ˌchin-ˈchinning n.
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1844 M. H. Barker Old Sailor's Jolly Boat 29 I feel such a sort of a kind of a ondescribableness come over me as the lady's face seems to approach close to mine, and we get to chin-chinning till our noses meet against one another, and then I dreams of them kisses.
1887 Murray's Mag. July 89 We were received with much ceremony and chin-chinning.
2007 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Oct. l12 We predict there will be a great deal of Italianate chin-chinning next week at the fashion tents around City Hall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

chin-chin
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.
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