chin music in British English
noun informal
1. cricket, baseball
bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
2. US
idle conversation
chin music in American English
noun
old-fashioned slang
idle talk; gossip
Word origin
[1825–35, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, cross section, electrolyte, runway, structuralImage ofchin music
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- holding
- holding cell
- holding company
- holding-company
- holding operation
- holding paddock
- holding pattern
- holding-pattern
- holding thumbs
- hold in leash
- hold it
- hold it!
- hold no brief for something
- hold no terrors for
- hold off
- hold on
- hold-on
- hold one's breath
- hold-ones-breath
- hold one's ground
- hold-ones-ground
- hold one's hand
- hold-ones-hand
- hold one's head high
- hold-ones-head-high