chin

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  1. noun The central forward portion of the lower jaw.
  2. transitive verb To pull (oneself) up with the arms while grasping an overhead horizontal bar until the chin is level with the bar.
  3. transitive verb Music To place (a violin) under the chin in preparation to play it.
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  • The nose has a piercing sharpness to it, the chin is an aggressive knife-point. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 06 - June 2001
  • "Why shouldn't I be That pugnacious tilt of your chin is a dead giveaway, Bunnikins." —  EQMM, Sep/Oct 2005
  • He sank so low down in his chair that his chin was almost on a level with the table, and twice he kicked Carrie under the table, upset his wine, and flashed a knife uncomfortably near Gowing's face. —  The Diary of a Nobody
  • For months my chin was attached to my shoulders and when the damn thing came off I still couldn't turn my head without turning my shoulders. —  clusterflock
  • The problem: Pulling weights, a barbell, or a weighted cabled bar up under your chin is a big no-no because it can compress the nerves in the shoulder area, impinging the shoulder. —  WebMD Health
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English cin; see genu-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English chin, from Anglo-Saxon cin, *cinn = Old Saxon kinni = OFries. kin, ken = Old Dutch kinne, Dutch kin = Middle Low German kinne, kin, Low German kinn = Old High German chinni, Middle High German kinne, kin, German kinn, the chin, also in comp. the cheek or jaw, = Icelandic kinn = Swedish Danish kind = Gothic (Moesogothic) kinnus, the cheek, = Latin gena = Breton gen, the cheek, = Welsh gen, the chin, = Greek γένυς, the chin, the jaw, also the edge of an ax (later γένειον, the chin, jaw, cheek, also the beard), = Sanskrit hanu, the jaw.
  2. from chin, n.
 

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