chin, mentum
(noun) the protruding part of the lower jaw
Kuki, Chin, Kuki-Chin
(noun) Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
chin, chin up
(verb) raise oneself while hanging from one’s hands until one’s chin is level with the support bar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Chin
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
Chin
A surname of Chinese origin:Alternative form of Chen, Ching
(obsolete) Alternative form of China.
Chin
A tribe in Burma.
A state in Burma
synonym of Zo: a language of Burma.
• Inch, ichn-, inch
chin (plural chins)
The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
(slang, US) Talk.
(slang, British) A lie, a falsehood.
(boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
(aviation) The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
• (central area of the jaw, below the mouth): mentum (anatomy)
• (boxing): See glass jaw
chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)
(slang, dated, intransitive) To talk.
(slang, dated, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
(reflexive, intransitive) To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
(chiefly, UK, transitive) To punch or hit (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
(transitive) To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
(transitive) To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
(transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
(transitive) To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.
• (talk (slang)): gab
chin (plural chins)
(informal) A chinchilla.
• Inch, ichn-, inch
Source: Wiktionary
Chin, n. Etym: [AS. cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn, Icel. kinn, cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. gena, Gr. hanu. *232.]
1. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 March 2025
(verb) hold one’s ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright; “I am standing my ground and won’t give in!”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
