chin
The bottom of a face, the typically jutting jawline below the mouthThe bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
» 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 sensesThe bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?
Kinn, Koi, Kehn
подборо́докpodboródok, борода́borodá
підборі́ддяpidboríddja, борода́borodá
(US, slang)Talk.
(UK, slang)A lie, a falsehood.
(UK, slang)A person of the upper class.
(uncountable)The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
To paint chins of aircraft
the protruding part of the lower jaw
The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
The phone's chin looks different from the rest of it.
(informal)A chinchilla.
Examples
101 sentencesHow did you get that scar on your chin?
Звідки у тебе цей шрам на підборідді? — deniko
ruОткуда у тебя этот шрам на подбородке? — marafon
Tom has a double chin.
У Тома подвійне підборіддя. — deniko
ruУ Тома двойной подбородок. — odexed
deTom hat ein Doppelkinn. — Dani6187
I hit him on the chin.
I punched Tom in the chin.
He tucked the napkin under his chin.
ruОн закрепил салфетку под подбородком. — Vixen96
Translations
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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”).
Shortening of chinchilla.
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Forms
plural: chins| Singular | chin |
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uncountable
Synonyms
6 synonyms- the protruding part of the lower jaw:mentum
- Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India:KukiKuki-ChinKuki languageKuki-Chin languageChin language
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable