Meaning

8 senses
  1. (dated, intransitive, slang)To talk.

  2. (dated, slang, transitive)To talk to or with (someone).

  3. (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

  4. (UK, transitive)To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).

  5. (transitive)To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.

  6. (transitive)To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.

  7. (transitive)To put one's chin on (something).

  8. (transitive)To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.

Examples

101 sentences
  1. How did you get that scar on your chin?

    Звідки у тебе цей шрам на підборідді?

    ruОткуда у тебя этот шрам на подбородке?

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  2. Tom has a double chin.

    У Тома подвійне підборіддя.

    ruУ Тома двойной подбородок.

    deTom hat ein Doppelkinn.

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  3. I hit him on the chin.

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  4. I punched Tom in the chin.

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  5. He tucked the napkin under his chin.

    ruОн закрепил салфетку под подбородком.

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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, chinned
Base formchin · to chin
3rd person singularchins
Present participlechinning
Past simplechinned
Past participlechinned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theychin
he, she, itchins

Past simpleLesson

all personschinned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave chinned
he, she, ithas chinned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill chin

Synonyms

2 synonyms
talk (slang):gab
Close in meaning
  • raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar:chin up

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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