🙂 Lower jaw part 💪 To pull up 🥊 To punch

to chin

1 8.1

To hit someone on the lower part of their face below the mouth

verb
/tʃɪn/

Informal

: golpear la barbilla

In the boxing match, he managed to chin his opponent with a powerful uppercut.

Examples

Irvin throws the kick and it secures it right on the chin, takes him down.
And then he just slammed me a couple of times and and as he came in this third time, he caught him right on the chin with the right hand and he went down.
You know, take it on the chin and ride through it.
I just I had to just take it on the chin and go for it.
I I I took it on the chin and walked off.
Or you are just going to have to take it on the chin and order a full cooler off of eBay.
The coach told him to chin his rivals if they got too aggressive during the game.
Despite the tough training, they learned to chin each other playfully to build team spirit.

Synonyms

to slap

vsto chin

492 1.0

Hit quickly with the flat part of the hand

targets the lower front of the face rather than a quick flat hand blow

to punch

vsto chin

455 1.4

To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist

focuses on striking a specific lower face area rather than the method used

to smack

vsto chin

164 3.5

To hit someone or something with an open hand

focuses on the lower face area rather than on an open hand strike

to conk

vsto chin

Archaic

3 8.6

To hit someone on the head with force

targets the lower front of the face in sports or informal contexts

Antonyms

to protect

∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

to defend

∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

Idioms

chin up

Informal

15 7.1

Stay positive and keep going when things are difficult

to keep one's chin up

Informal

8 6.5

To stay cheerful and hopeful when things go wrong

to take it on the chin

Informal

7 8.2

Accept failure or criticism bravely without complaining

to lead with one's chin

Informal

1 9.7

Act in a way that makes you open to attack or criticism

Phrasal Verbs

to chin up

1 5.0

Pull yourself up while hanging from a bar until your chin is at or above the bar

Compounds

double chin

4 2.7

A layer of fat under the chin that looks like a second chin

chin strap

2 3.2

A strap that goes under the chin to hold a hat or helmet in place

chin music

Archaic

1 9.9

Talk that is useless and does not help

chin rest

Specialized

1 3.7

A small support on a violin or viola that you put your chin on for comfort and stability while playing

chin-wag

Slang

1 8.4

A friendly relaxed chat between people, often over coffee

glass chin

Jargon

1 8.8

A weak jaw that makes someone easy to knock out

chin diaper

Informal

9.3

A small cloth under the chin used to catch food and drink

Chin language

9.9

A language spoken by the Chin people in western Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India

chin wagging

7.7

A friendly informal talk about unimportant things

chin wag

8.2

A friendly informal chat between people who know each other

chin-up

5.1

An exercise where you pull your body up on a bar above you until your chin reaches it

chin-wagging

Slang

8.6

Light informal chat between people to enjoy themselves

Kuki-Chin language

Specialized

9.9

A group of related languages that people speak in western Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeast India

Kuki-Chin

Specialized

9.9

A group of related languages that people speak in western Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India

How Hard

to knock out

NSFW

210 4.3

to punch

455 1.4

to chin

Informal

1 8.1

to slap

492 1.0

Surface Forms

chin infinitive

chinned past

chinned past participle

chinning present participle

chins third person singular

Etymology

Chin as a verb meaning to hit someone on the chin comes from the noun chin, because the action is to strike the 'chin' part of the face, so to chin someone is to hit their lower jaw.