Meaning

4 senses
  1. An exercise similar to an abdominal crunch, performed by lying flat on one´s back and then bringing the knees toward the chest while simultaneously raising the chest to meet the knees.

  2. (slang)An opaque white chalk marble with colored stripes.

  3. (informal)A chinchilla.

  4. A Chinese pink (Dianthus chinensis).

Origin

From chin + -y. From chinchilla + -y. From New Latin chinensis + -y.

From chin + -y.

From chinchilla + -y.

From New Latin chinensis + -y.

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Forms

plural: chinnies
Singularchinny
Pluralchinnies

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chinny — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto