chin

Your chin is the part of your face that is below your mouth and above your neck. a double chin He rubbed the gray stubble on his chin. Chinese. T'ien chin Chin Hills Chin dynasty Chin sha River

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in gymnastics: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

the protruding part of the lower jaw in gymnastics: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

Part of the face below the bill

The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds

Chinese

I'm already able to write Chinese characters. - I am already able to write Chinese characters.

I'm learning Chinese. - I am learning Chinese.

{i} part of the face located in the center below the mouth

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The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw

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chin chin

a small Nigerian cookie-like snack made from fried wheat flour dough containing eggs and sometimes also cowpeas

chin chin

A toast used when drinking, similar to cheers; most often used in Argentina, Portugal, and the United Kingdom; spelled cin cin or cincin in Italian

chin guard

A protective guard for a person's chin

chin guards

plural form of chin guard

chin music

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.

chin roll

A juggling maneuver where the object (usually a club) is placed and balanced on the chin and allowed to fall into the opposite hand

chin rolls

plural form of chin roll

chin up

Be happy; cheer up

Chin up, it’s your birthday.

chin-chin

An expression of gratitude, salutation, or congratulations

chin-up

An exercise done for strengthening the arms and back, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar

chin augmentation

(Tıp, İlaç) Chin augmentation using surgical implants can alter the underlying structure of the face, providing better balance to the facial features. This operation is often performed at the time of rhinoplasty to help balance the facial proportions

chin up

The act or an instance of chinning oneself, practiced especially as a fitness exercise. Also called pull-up

Chin Hills

A range of hills in western Myanmar (Burma) rising to 3,055.5 m (10,018 ft). Mountainous region, northwestern Myanmar (Burma). Extending along the Indian border, it forms the central part of an arc that stretches from the Arakan Mountains to the Patkai Range. The Chin Hills vary from 7,000 to 10,000 ft (2,000 to 3,000 m) high. They and the arc are part of the north-south-trending mountain belt of Southeast Asia, which has hindered east-west movement; the region was populated by the Chin peoples from the north. It is a frontier zone between Myanmar and Indian cultures

chin cough

Whooping cough

chin rest

a rest on which a violinist can place the chin

chin strap

{i} strap attached to hats that passes under the chin; strap that supports the chin during cosmetic treatment of the face; strap on a bridle that joins the latch on the throat and noseband

chin strap

a strap attached to a hat; passes under the chin and holds the hat in place

chin up

in gymnastics: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

chin up

act of suspending oneself from a bar and raising oneself with one's arms until one's chin is above the bar

chin-chin

{ü} toast when having a drink; (British usage) greeting or goodbye

chin-up

an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar

chin-up

an exercise in which you hang on a bar and pull yourself up until your chin is above the bar British Equivalent: pull-up

chin-wag

{i} (Slang) chat, conversation, talk, chitchat

chinned

Having some specific type of chin

chinning

talking

double chin

A layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin, giving the appearance of having an extra chin

take it on the chin

To accept a difficult situation without complaining

keep one's chin up

don't worry much, do not lose hope; remain courageous in a troublesome situation

take it on the chin

to receive the full brunt of something

why do I have to take it on the chin for something I didn't do? If you did it, you have to learn to take it on the chin.

take it on the chin

(deyim) to be badly beaten or hurt

take it on the chin

(deyim) to accept without complaint something bad that happens to you; accept trouble or defeat calmly

a good football player can take it on the chin when his team loses.

take it on the chin

(deyim) to stand up to something adverse, such as criticism

take it on the chin

(deyim) if you take something on the chin, something bad happens to you and you take it directly without fuss

take it on the chin

to be brave and not to complain when bad things happen to you or people criticize you

Arda took it all on the chin, though some members of his team were very upset by the criticism they received.

take it on the chin

(deyim) to have a lot of bad things happen to you or to be criticized a lot

company has been taking it on the chin in recent months, but the future looks much brighter now and their sales are picking up.

take something on the chin

(deyim) To gracefully accept criticism

It's good to be able to tell people what they do wrong, but it is equally important to be able to take it on the chin when they tell you what you have done wrong.

The chin

mentum

chinless

{s} having no chin; timid, irresolute

chinless

lacking courage or determination

chinless

having a receding chin

chinned

Having a chin; used chiefly in compounds; as, short- chinned

{s} having a chin

a fold of fatty tissue under the chin

double chin

extremely wide chin

double chin

If someone has a double chin, they have a fold of fat under their chin, making them look as if they have two chins. A fold of fatty flesh beneath the chin. a fold of loose skin under someone's chin that looks like a second chin

take it on the chin

undergo failure or defeat

up to the chin

fixed in thought, deeply involved in thought

chin

Turkish pronunciation

çîn

Synonyms

mentum, button, jaw, jawbone, mandible, point

Pronunciation

/ˈʧən/ /ˈʧɪn/

Etymology

() Old English ċinn, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (cf. West Frisian/Dutch kin, German Kinn), from Proto-Indo-European *g̑enu̯os, genitive of *g̑enus (cf. Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek génys 'jaw', Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit hánus).