chin
To talkTo talk.
» How did you get that scar on your chin?
Откуда у тебя этот шрам на подбородке?
Звідки у тебе цей шрам на підборідді?
Meaning
8 senses(dated, intransitive, slang)To talk.
(dated, slang, transitive)To talk to or with (someone).
(intransitive, reflexive)To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
(UK, transitive)To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).
(transitive)To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
(transitive)To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
(transitive)To put one's chin on (something).
(transitive)To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
Examples
101 sentencesHow did you get that scar on your chin?
Звідки у тебе цей шрам на підборідді?
ruОткуда у тебя этот шрам на подбородке?
Tom has a double chin.
У Тома подвійне підборіддя.
ruУ Тома двойной подбородок.
deTom hat ein Doppelkinn.
I hit him on the chin.
I punched Tom in the chin.
He tucked the napkin under his chin.
ruОн закрепил салфетку под подбородком.
Origin
From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu,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”).
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Forms
chins, chinning, chinned, chinnedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle