English Explanatory Dictionary

chin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
  2. Talk.
  3. A lie, a falsehood.
  4. A person of the upper class.
  5. The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
  6. The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
  7. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
verb
  1. To talk.
  2. To talk to or with (someone).
  3. To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
  4. To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).
  5. To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
  6. To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
  7. To put one's chin on (something).
  8. To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
noun
  1. A chinchilla.
name
  1. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
name
  1. Alternative form of China.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese.
name
  1. Alternative form of Jin: an ancient Chinese state and various medieval Chinese dynasties.
name
  1. Alternative form of Qin: an ancient Chinese state.
noun
  1. A tribe in Myanmar.
name
  1. A state of Myanmar.
  2. Synonym of Zo (“a language of Myanmar”).

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɪn/ [ˈt͡ʃʰɪn] en-us-chin.ogg

Word forms

chin chins chinning chinned

Etymology

From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.

Synonyms

mentum gab Zo

Antonyms

glass chin glass jaw

Related words

chin chin chin chow chin cough ham chin peng

Derived words

baldchin groper blackchin bobchin bum chin butt chin butt-chin chinband chinbone chin cactus chin cleft chincloth chin curtain chin diaper chin dimple chinfest chinful chin guard chinguard chin job chinless chinlike chinlock chin music chinny chinny chin chin chin omelette chinpiece chinrest chin roll chin shield chinstrap chin strip chin up chin-up chin wag chinwag chin-wag chin whelk cleft chin double chin glass chin keep one's chin up lead with one's chin superhero chin take on the chin take something on the chin up to one's chin up to the chin chinning bar Kuki-Chin
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