chin
/ˈt͡ʃɪn/ verb C2- To talk.
- To talk to or with (someone).
- To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
- To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
- To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
- To put one's chin on (something).
- To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
He/she/it chins · Past chinned · Past participle chinned · -ing form chinning
Verb forms
- Base form
- chin
- He/she/it
- chins
- Past
- chinned
- Past participle
- chinned
- -ing form
- chinning
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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MacDonald sat with his chin on his hands and his great sandy eyebrows bunched into a yellow tangle.
Dorothy leaned her chin upon her hand and gazed thoughtfully at the Scarecrow.
It was a remarkable face, bold gray eyes, a strong, short-clipped, grizzled moustache, a square, projecting chin, and a humorous mouth.
He was dressed in a blue frock-coat, buttoned up to the chin, and wore at his button-hole the rosette of an officer of the Legion of Honor.
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