chin music
A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown…A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside.
Meaning
4 senses(informal, uncountable)A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside.
Jones backed Smith off the plate with a little chin music.
(informal, uncountable)A bouncer aimed near the batsman's chin.
(US, dated, slang, uncountable)Idle talk; chatter.
idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
(informal, uncountable)Rhythmic singing, usually to nonsense syllables, in a style partly inspired by the instruments used to accompany folk dancing in Irish and Scottish traditions.
Origin
(folk music): The name jokingly refers to "playing" the mouth as if it were an instrument.(folk music): The name jokingly refers to "playing" the mouth as if it were an instrument.
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Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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