chin
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English chyn, from Old English cin or ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.
Noun[edit]
chin (plural chins)
- The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
- (slang, US) Talk.
- (slang, Britain) A lie, a falsehood.
- (slang, Britain) A person of the upper class.
- (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
- (aviation) The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
- 1990, Army, volume 40:
- In the cleft of the aircraft's chin is a small turret for a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) "eyeball" that will enable MH-47E pilots to see clearly in complete darkness […]
- 2001, Aviation Week & Space Technology:
- Lockheed Martin's system is mounted behind a transparent, low-observable window blended into the aircraft's chin.
- The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
Synonyms[edit]
- (central area of the jaw, below the mouth): mentum (anatomy)
Antonyms[edit]
- (boxing): See glass jaw
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Verb[edit]
chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)
- (slang, dated, intransitive) To talk.
- 1912, Jack London, Smoke Bellew, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 5, p. 141,[2]
- “I reckon you can explain, Mrs. Peabody.” […] “An’ I reckon that newcomer you’ve been chinning with could explain if he had a mind to.”
- 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, New York: Henry Holt, Chapter 1, p. 3,[3]
- This little chore involved getting up at 3 A.M., working about two hours, then sitting around chinning and drinking coffee with the radio operators until too late to go back to sleep.
- 1912, Jack London, Smoke Bellew, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Chapter 5, p. 141,[2]
- (slang, dated, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
- 1911, Henry Sydnor Harrison, Queed, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Chapter 7, p. 85,[4]
- “Been up chinning your sporting editor, Ragsy Hurd. […] ”
- 1912, Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow, The Black Pearl, New York: Appleton, Chapter 12, p. 239,[5]
- “What do you suppose that Seagreave’s chinning Hughie about[?]”
- 1911, Henry Sydnor Harrison, Queed, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Chapter 7, p. 85,[4]
- (reflexive, intransitive) To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
- 1913, Upton Sinclair, The Fasting Cure, New York: Mitchell Kennerley, p. 34,[6]
- It is worth noting that on the eighth day he was strong enough to “chin” himself six times in succession, though previous to the fasting treatment he had never in his life been able to do this more than once or twice.
- 1922, E. E. Cummings, The Enormous Room, New York: Modern Library, 1949, Chapter 4, p. 80,[7]
- A description of the cour would be incomplete without an enumeration of the manifold duties of the planton in charge, which were as follows: to prevent the men from using the horizontal bar, except for chinning, since if you swung yourself upon it you could look over the wall into the women’s cour […]
- 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, 2005, Chapter 5, p. 119,[8]
- The Englishmen had also been lifting weights and chinning themselves for years. Their bellies were like washboards. The muscles of their calves and upper arms were like cannonballs.
- 1986, Martin Cohen, The Marine Corps 3X Fitness Program, Boston: Little, Brown, Part 3, p. 75,[9]
- You can grunt and curse to your heart’s content but you cannot swing your body when chinning.
- 1913, Upton Sinclair, The Fasting Cure, New York: Mitchell Kennerley, p. 34,[6]
- (chiefly UK, transitive) To punch or hit (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
- 1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, Left Tackle Thayer, New York: Dodd, Mead, Chapter 14, pp. 183-184,[10]
- He told me once that he used to be scared to death every time he started in a hard game for fear he’d get badly injured. Said it wasn’t until someone had jabbed him in the nose or ‘chinned’ him that he forgot to be scared.
- 1966, Nell Dunn “OUT with the Boys” in Up the Junction, Philadelphia: Lippincott, p. 88,[11]
- ‘I’m in trouble, I hit a policeman—chinned him. He was messin’ me about, pushin’ me around on the pavement, so I chinned him, didn’t I? […] ’
- 1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, Left Tackle Thayer, New York: Dodd, Mead, Chapter 14, pp. 183-184,[10]
- (transitive) To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
- 1849, Alfred Billings Street, “General Training,” Graham’s American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, Volume 35, No. 3, September 1849, p. 137,[12]
- Conspicuous in the front rank of “the music” was Joe Lippett, chinning his fife […]
- 1925, Arthur Bowie Chrisman, “Four Generals” in Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968, p. 82,[13]
- A comical fellow hopped down from a stump and chinned his fiddle while Prince Chang stared.
- 1951, Gene Fowler, Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante, New York: Viking, Chapter 16, p. 173,[14]
- Jimmy sat down at the piano, and the scientist tuned, then chinned the violin.
- 1849, Alfred Billings Street, “General Training,” Graham’s American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, Volume 35, No. 3, September 1849, p. 137,[12]
- (transitive) To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
- 1958, Robert Heinlein, Have Space Suit—Will Travel, New York: Del Rey, Chapter 8, p. 160,[15]
- I was too tired to argue; I chinned the valve three or four times, felt a blast blistering my face.
- 1985, Joe Haldeman, “You Can Never Go Back” in Dealing in Futures, New York: Viking, p. 154,[16]
- I landed kind of sloppily on hands and knees and chinned the squad frequency. “First squad sound off!”
- 1958, Robert Heinlein, Have Space Suit—Will Travel, New York: Del Rey, Chapter 8, p. 160,[15]
- (transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
- 1977, Ian Wallace, The Sign of the Mute Medusa, New York: Popular Library, Chapter 26, p. 243,[17]
- […] she elbowed the table and chinned her hand.
- 1994, Garry Disher, Crosskill, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, Chapter 7, p. 35,[18]
- He chinned the alley fence and looked both ways along it.
- 1977, Ian Wallace, The Sign of the Mute Medusa, New York: Popular Library, Chapter 26, p. 243,[17]
- (transitive) To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
Synonyms[edit]
- (talk (slang)): gab
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Etymology 2[edit]
Shortening of chinchilla.
Noun[edit]
chin (plural chins)
- (informal) A chinchilla.
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Aragonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Akin to French chien, from Latin canis.
Noun[edit]
chin
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pīnus. Compare Romanian pin.
Noun[edit]
chin
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Franco-Provençal[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin canem, accusative singular of canis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chin m (plural chins)
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References[edit]
- Gouvert, Xavier. 2020. Un chaînon manquant de la reconstruction romane: Le protofrancoprovençal. In Buchi, Éva & Schweickard, Wolfgang (eds.), Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman 3: Entre idioroman et protoroman, 67–104. Berlin: De Gruyter.
- ^ Gouvert 2020: 82
Japanese[edit]
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chin
Kumeyaay[edit]
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chin
- one.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
chin
- Alternative form of chyn
Min Nan[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of chin – see 真 (“true; genuine; real; actual; really; truly; very; quite”). (This character, chin, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 真.) |
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chin
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Romanian[edit]
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chin n (plural chinuri)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) chin | chinul | (niște) chinuri | chinurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) chin | chinului | (unor) chinuri | chinurilor |
vocative | chinule | chinurilor |
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Noun[edit]
chin m (plural chines)
- (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) small amount
- Dame un chin de café.
- Give me a little coffee.
- Synonym: poco
References[edit]
- Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos[20], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar
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- “chin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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