chin
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- noun
- /tʃɪn/
:
barbilla
- After falling, he bruised his chin when he hit the ground.
- double chin
- hand on chin
- raise chin
You have to bring your chin slightly up and out.
- You have to bring your chin slightly up and out.
- Put it on the chin, bring it down the neck.
- Look at this finger hanging from my chin, this flap of skin.
- And then I got the scar under my chin peeking through the goatee.
- Now I'm going to go across my chin, OK?
- So, you know, pick up that chin and put down the shoulders.
- Back of the head, eyebrow, chin, and still standing, baby.
Examples
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Her hand lifted Donna's chin, and the stern look was bent on her.
Fiction book (1990) -
You have to bring your chin slightly up and out.
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Now, you keep your chin down.
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What happened to your chin here?
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Has he managed to grow a chin since I last saw him?
Fiction book (1990) -
Make sure you get underneath your chin, back to your ears.
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Hey, keep your chin up now, Nance.
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Uh, you have a little fuzzy thing on your chin.
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He rested his hand on his chin while deep in thought.
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The doctor examined the rash on her chin with concern.
Synonyms
The part of the lower jaw that sticks out as the chin
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small support on a violin or viola that you put your chin on for comfort and stability while playing
A language spoken by the Chin people in western Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India
- Specialized
A group of related languages that people speak in western Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeast India
- Specialized
A group of related languages that people speak in western Myanmar, Bangladesh and eastern India
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chin comes from an old German word kinn meaning 'lower jaw' or the part that 'sticks out' under the mouth, and you can still see it in German Kinn and Dutch kin. That's why chin means the lower part of the face that sticks out.