chin

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Composer Ambrose Thomas with hand on chin (1).

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

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chin (plural chins)

  1. The bottom of a face, especially, the lower jaw or the region below the mouth.
  2. (slang, US) talk.
  3. (slang, UK) A falsehood.
  4. (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the face without being knocked out.
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chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)

  1. (slang, intransitive) To talk.
  2. To perform a chin-up.
  3. (UK, transitive) To punch (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
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  • (talk (slang)): gab

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Shortening of chinchilla.

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chin (plural chins)

  1. (endearing) a chinchilla.

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chin

  1. an exclamation of dislike.

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chin (hiragana ちん)

  1. チン: the sound a microwave makes when it is finished cooking
  2. : a Pekinese dog (Note: the Pekinese & Japanese Chin are two similar but actually different dog breeds)

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chin (hiragana ちん)

  1. : the royal We

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  • IPA: [tʃʰɪ̀n]

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chin

  1. filth, body dirt

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Hungarian kín

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chin n. (plural chinuri)

  1. torture, pain

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  1. ^ Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române (DEX) Online : [1]

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chin m. (plural chines)

  1. (Dominican Republic, slang) small amount
    Dame un chin de café. (Give me a little coffee.)

[edit] References

  • Orlando Alba, Cómo hablamos los dominicanos, Santo Domingo, Amigo del Hogar, 2003. (full text)
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