Meaning

8 senses
  1. The 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

  2. (US, slang)Talk.

  3. (UK, slang)A lie, a falsehood.

  4. (UK, slang)A person of the upper class.

  5. (uncountable)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.

    To paint chins of aircraft

    the protruding part of the lower jaw

  7. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

    The phone's chin looks different from the rest of it.

  8. (informal)A chinchilla.

Examples

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

    Звідки у тебе цей шрам на підборідді? — deniko

    ruОткуда у тебя этот шрам на подбородке? — marafon

  2. Tom has a double chin.

    У Тома подвійне підборіддя. — deniko

    ruУ Тома двойной подбородок. — odexed

    deTom hat ein Doppelkinn. — Dani6187

  3. I hit him on the chin.

  4. I punched Tom in the chin.

  5. He tucked the napkin under his chin.

    ruОн закрепил салфетку под подбородком. — Vixen96

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bottom of a face:
Русский
By meaning 1
bottom of a face:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
bottom of a face:

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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