chin music
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9.9
- noun
- Archaic
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charlas vacías
- After hours of chin music, we finally started discussing the real issues.
- a little chin music
Examples
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Bring on the chin music, baby.
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A little chin music and the whole neighborhood goes crazy.
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"It's called chin music," I said as we circled each other in the ring.
Fiction book (1993) -
You heard me, Buster, and I'm not paying extra for dialogue, so cut the chin music.
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You've been laying that sweet chin music.
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I don't want to hear any more chin music; let's get to the point.
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His chin music about the weather was completely irrelevant to our plans.
Synonyms
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3.5
Continuous talk about small things, often lively and noisy
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8.7
Silly talk about unimportant things
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5.8
Casual talk about small, unimportant things, often gossip
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9.9
Long, silly talk that has no useful meaning
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9.7
A lot of noisy talking about not important things
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9.9
Talk that is silly or not important
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9.9
Loud, silly talk that has no useful meaning
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8.4
A friendly relaxed chat between people, often over coffee
Light talk about unimportant, silly things people say
Continuous trivial talk that says nothing important
Light informal chat between people to enjoy themselves
A friendly informal talk about unimportant things
A friendly informal chat between people who know each other
How Meaningless
Surface Forms
Morphology
chin + music
The meanings of 'chin' and 'music' do not compositionally yield 'foolish or idle talk'—'music' as 'sound' and 'chin' as a body part give no clear cue to this slang sense. 'Chin music' is an idiomatic/slang expression whose meaning is metaphorical and unpredictable from its parts, so a B1 learner knowing the words would not reliably infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Chin music may come from the image of someone moving their chin and making little noises, like useless music while they chat. So the phrase came to mean 'foolish or idle talk'.