CHINNED

CHIN

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


Verb

chinned

simple past tense and past participle of chin

Adjective

chinned (not comparable)

(in combination) Having some specific type of chin or number of chins.

a double-chinned woman

Source: Wiktionary


Chinned, a.

Definition: Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned.

CHIN

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



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23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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