double chin
4
2.7
- noun
- /ˈdʌbəl tʃɪn/
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papada
- Many people are self-conscious about their double chin in pictures.
I'm putting it on my double chin area because I want to snatch jawline.
- I'm putting it on my double chin area because I want to snatch jawline.
- And then I carry on and I go under my chin to try and contour my double chin a little bit.
- It's just because you're using muscles which have been inactive and sluggish for years to firm up or avoid a double chin.
- This is good for any double chins, which everyone has.
- Great for the jawline, double chins, that kind of thing.
- It is a double chin when you have like the double thing right here.
Examples
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Mandy's freckles stood out sharper than usual, her frizzy gray hair in disarray, and her double chin shaking with anger.
Fiction book (1998) -
My gut has returned, and so has my double chin.
Blog text (6) -
It's the area where your double chin may catch the light.
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And we got to get rid of the double chin.
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I have a double chin.
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But I am going to try my best to take my double chin away using this bronzer.
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It is a double chin when you have like the double thing right here.
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And then I carry on and I go under my chin to try and contour my double chin a little bit.
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The superintendent was a short, fat man with a large red face and a double chin, and he needed all of his energy to get out of the car.
Fiction book (1993) -
Marla lifted her double chin in an imperial gesture.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
A fold of fat under the chin that forms a double chin
How Saggy
4
2.7
11
6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a layer of fatty tissue under the chin that looks like a second chin' is directly and transparently derived from 'double' (twofold) + 'chin' (the lower jaw area). This is a literal, descriptive compound found across languages and follows straightforward English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Double chin comes from the simple image of a chin with a soft roll of fat under it that looks like a 'second chin'. That's why double chin means the soft roll of fat under the chin that makes it look like you have two chins.