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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024chin /tʃɪn/USA pronunciation n., v., chinned, chin•ning. n. [countable] - the lowest part of the face, below the mouth:He cut his chin shaving.
v. - [~ + oneself (+ up)] to grasp an overhead bar and pull (oneself) upward until the chin is above or level with the bar.
Idioms- Idioms keep one's chin up, to maintain one's courage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024chin (chin),USA pronunciation n., v., chinned, chin•ning. n. - the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
- the prominence of the lower jaw.
- Informal Termschin-up.
- Idioms keep one's chin up, to maintain a cheerful disposition in spite of difficulties, disappointments, etc. Also, chin up.
- Idioms take it on the chin, [Informal.]
- to suffer defeat;
fail completely. - to endure suffering or punishment.
v.t. - Sport[Gymnastics.]
- to bring one's chin up to (a horizontal bar, from which one is hanging by the hands), by bending the elbows.
- to raise (oneself ) to this position.
- to raise or hold to the chin, as a violin.
- [Archaic.]to talk to;
chatter with.
v.i. - Sport[Gymnastics.]to chin oneself.
- Slang Termsto talk;
chatter:We sat up all night chinning about our college days.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English cin(n); cognate with Dutch kin, German Kinn chin, Old Norse kinn, Gothic kinnus cheek, Latin gena, Greek génus chin, gnáthos jaw (see genial2, -gnathous), Sanskrit hanus jaw
- Ancient History, World HistoryAlso, Tsin. any of three dynasties that ruled in China, a.d. 265–316 (the Western Chin), a.d. 317–420 (the Eastern Chin), and a.d. 936–46 (the Later Chin).
- Ancient History, World Historya dynasty that ruled in China 1115–1234.
Also, Jin. ch'in (chin; Chin. chēn),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea Chinese zither consisting of an oblong, slightly curved wooden box over which are stretched strings that are stopped with one hand and plucked with the other.
- Chinese (Wade-Giles) ch'in2, (Pinyin) qín
- Ancient History, World Historya dynasty in ancient China, 221–206 b.c., marked by the emergence of a unified empire and the construction of much of the Great Wall of China.
Also, Qin. Chin., - China.
- Chinese.
Also, Chin
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