Chin Definition

chĭn

chinned, chinning, chins

noun

chins

The part of the face below the lower lip; projecting part of the lower jaw.

Webster's New World

(slang, US) Talk.

Wiktionary

(slang, UK) A falsehood.

Wiktionary

(boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the face without being knocked out.

Wiktionary

(endearing) A chinchilla.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
Qin dynasty
qin
Ch'in dynasty
chat
talk
rap
lantern jaw
chitchat
cleft
button
mandible
jaw
-mentum
jawbone
Kuki-Chin

verb

chinned, chinning, chins

To pull (oneself) up, while hanging by the hands from a horizontal bar, until the chin is just above the level of the bar.

Webster's New World

To converse idly; chat, gossip, etc.

Webster's New World

To place (a violin) under the chin in preparation to play it.

American Heritage

To chin oneself.

Webster's New World

To make idle conversation; chatter.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
chin-up

abbreviation

Chinese.

Webster's New World

pronoun

A surname of Chinese origin.

Wiktionary

idiom

keep one's chin up

to bear up bravely under trying circumstances

Webster's New World

take it on the chin

to suffer defeat, severe hardship, etc.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chin

Noun

Singular:

chin

Plural:

chins

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Chin

keep one's chin up
take it on the chin

Origin of Chin

From Middle English chin, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”) (compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenHw-, *ǵnā(w)- (“jaw”) (compare Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus) 'jaw', Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu)).

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English cin genu-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Shortening of chinchilla.

From Wiktionary