chin
The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
Noun 4 meanings
The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
“What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?”
The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
“To paint chins of aircraft”
The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
“The phone's chin looks different from the rest of it.”
Verb 4 meanings
To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).
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.
Etymology
From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”).
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CHIN at a glance
CHIN has 4 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (C 3 + H 4 + I 1 + N 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,995 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with chin
All rhymes- WITHIN12
- THIN7
- SHIN7
- DOLPHIN13
- DAUPHIN13
- URCHIN11
- COCHIN13
- CAPUCHIN17
- MORPHIN14
- NUTHIN9
- ENDORPHIN15
- LECITHIN13
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